ALMS For The Disbarred

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has disbarred an attorney who assisted a company called ALMS in drafting trusts sold by non-lawyers to senior citizens.

After nine days of hearings, the attorney was found to have engaged in dishonesty, failures to communicate with clients, conflicts of interest and aiding the unauthorized practice of law.

The Disciplinary Review Board noted that the attorney began his association with entities engaged in such activities within three years of his bar admission. He continued to violate ethics rules after receiving notices from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel and even after entered into a 2004 consent decree to cease assisting unauthorized practice.

He also drew a law school classmate into the mess. (Mike Frisch)