Legal Opinion
Matter of Leopold
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 24, 1976No. 124 Disc. Docket 1PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JONES, Chief Justice.
This matter is before this Court on direct review 1 2 of a recommendation of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania that petitioner, Marx S. Leopold, be disbarred from the practice of law for professional misconduct involving inter alia 8 a violation of Disciplinary Rule 9-102 (B)(4) of the Code of Professional Responsibility. 3
The relevant facts of this case are not contested. In 1967, the petitioner was retained by Joseph Pofit in a matter concerning a corporation known as P. J. Hydraulics, Inc., in which Pofit had been an officer and major…
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- Berlant AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- In the Matter of Julius Lucius Echeles, an AttorneyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. SternSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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