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Pemmsylvania is a jurisdiction that treats practicing while suspension as serious misconduct that warrants a significant sanction. An attorney who had placed on inactive status for failure to complete required CLE was suspended for a year and a day by the Supreme Court. He had ignored notices regarding the issue, acknowledging that he receive notices did not open the mail when it came from the Bar. It also was not helpful to his cause that he contended that such unauthorized practice did not cause any harm to clients or the profession. The Disciplinary Board viewed him as lacking appropriate remorse. (Mike Frisch)