# Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Kanuck

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · December 24, 1987 · 517 Pa. 160

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9733870

## Case

- **Full name:** OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. George J. KANUCK, Jr., Respondent
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** December 24, 1987
- **Citations:** 517 Pa. 160; 535 A.2d 69; 1987 Pa. LEXIS 879
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Larsen
- **Judges:** Papadakos, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott
- **Cited by:** 21 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9733870

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that where the attorney did not intend to embezzle his clients’ funds and made restitution in every instance, a five year suspension was appropriate sanction

## Opinion text

LARSEN, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent. I would adopt a per se rule of disbarment of any attorney who converts (steals) his client’s money. Thus, I would disbar the respondent.

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