In the Matter of Allen

This case is here on the reservation and report, without decision, of a single justice of this court. The issue presented is whether Max J. Allen (petitioner) should be reinstated as a member of the bar of the Commonwealth, having been indefinitely suspended from the practice of law on November 9, 1978.1 S.J.C. Rule 4:01, §§ 4, 12, 365 Mass. *418697, 704 (1974). The petitioner filed for reinstatement, after a lapse of five years, on September 4, 1984, pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 4:01, § 18 (1).2 After hearing, a panel of the Board of Bar Overseers (panel) recommended that the petitioner not be…