A six-month suspension, rather than the year and a day proposed by the Board of Bar Overseers, was imposed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for two instances of misrepresntation.

The first

A hearing to determine whether the son would be expelled from s chool or suspended for an extended period was s cheduled to be held before the high school principal. The respondent telephoned the principal to reschedule the hearing. During their conversation, the respondent insisted on presenting her clients’ view of the case, over the principal’s protestations, until the principal ended the call without rescheduling the hearing. The respondent then mailed a l e t t er to the superintendent of schools and the school committee, stating falsely (a s the board f ound) that the principal had called her a 11 b itch” .and a 11 trickster,” and had expressed bias a ga i ns t her. clients’ s on. The let t e r demanded that the