From This Moment On

An attorney who has been on interim suspension since April 1999 was prospectively disbarred by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He had been suspended as a result of criminal charges involving multiple victims. In 2001, he was convicted of one count of rape, five counts of sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault, two counts of false imprisonment and simple assault, and endangering the welfare of a child. He was released from prison in February 2008 after serving a nine year prison sentence. In response to the bar charges, he refused to appear and asserted his innocence. The Disciplinary Board declined to recommend that he receive any credit for the decade of time served on interim suspension, and the court agreed. (Mike Frisch)