reinstatement allowed ten years after suspension where petitioner volunteered in house *99 of correction as farm laborer, continued to work counseling inmates, served as de facto consul to India, and acted as chairman of executive committee of Indian government foundation
How later courts described this case
- reinstatement allowed ten years after suspension where petitioner volunteered in house *99 of correction as farm laborer, continued to work counseling inmates, served as de facto consul to India, and acted as chairman of executive committee of Indian government foundation
- attorney reinstated after having been indefinitely suspended following his conviction for conspiracy to commit arson and conspiracy to cause a building to be burned with intent to defraud the insurer
- reinstatement allowed ten years after suspension where petitioner volunteered in house of correction as farm laborer, continued to work counseling inmates, served as de facto consul to India, and acted as chairman of executive committee of Indian government foundation
- years of counseling and teaching inmates and assistance to the Indian immigrant community
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Hennessey, C.J.
(dissenting). I dissent. I agree with the panel of the Board of Bar Overseers which (in a split vote opposing reinstatement of the petitioner) characterized the case as “a close one.” The court has analyzed the petitioner’s request for reinstatement in accordance with criteria we have established in prior cases. In so doing, the court has placed emphasis on the strong evidence of the petitioner’s rehabilitation. Despite this evidence, I would deny reinstatement because of the extremely serious nature of the crimes for which the petitioner stands convicted.