# ODC v. Jeffrey Allen Hulton

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · June 12, 2017

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4177217

## Case

- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** June 12, 2017
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, : No. 2379 Disciplinary Docket No. 3

Petitioner : No. 164 DB 2016

v. : Attorney Registration No. 49522

JEFFREY ALAN HULTON, : (Allegheny County)

Respondent

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 12th day of June, 2017, upon consideration of the

Recommendation of the Three -Member Panel of the Disciplinary Board, the Joint

Petition in Support of Discipline on Consent is granted, and Jeffrey Alan Hulton is

suspended on consent from the Bar of this Commonwealth for a period of one year and

one day. The suspension is stayed in its entirety, and he is placed on probation for a

period of two years, subject to the following conditions:

1. Respondent shall continue treatment with a mental healthcare

professional as recommended by Dr. Burton Singerman, M.D., M.P.H.;

2. Respondent shall cooperate with the directions of the mental healthcare

professional supervising his treatment, take medications as prescribed,

and engage in therapy and counseling sessions as directed;

3. Respondent shall cause the mental healthcare professional supervising

his treatment to make written reports, attaching treatment notes, to the

Secretary of the Board on a quarterly basis during his probation;
4. The written reports shall verify Respondent's continued counseling and

treatment;

5. Respondent shall continue treatment with a physician with regard to his

Type II Diabetes;

6. Respondent shall cooperate with directions of his physician supervising

his treatment, including, but not limited to, taking all prescribed

medications;

7. Respondent shall obtain a practice monitor, approved by the Office of

Disciplinary Counsel, who will meet with Respondent at Respondent's

office and make quarterly reports to the Secretary of the Board;

8. Respondent shall submit quarterly reports and documentation to Petitioner

in which he attests to his compliance with Rule of Professional Conduct

1.15;

9. At the conclusion of the prescribed period of probation, Respondent shall

apply for termination of probation in accordance with §89.294 of the

Disciplinary Board Rules; and

10. Respondent shall pay costs to the Disciplinary Board pursuant to

Pa. R.D. E. 208(g).

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