Probation Fail, System Works

suspended An attorney who was subject to a stayed year and a day suspension on conditions violated the conditions and is now suspended for a year and a day.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court had ordered the stayed suspension last September. A probation violation hearing was held in December.

According to the Disciplinary Board report, the attorney “violated the terms and conditions of his court-ordered probation by using mind-altering chemicals, failing to reside in a sober-living facility, and failing to maintain contact with his sobriety monitor.”

The revocation was handled with impressive dispatch – charges, hearing and a court order in less than six weeks.

Even though the violation was uncontested, such prompt action does suggest that in Pennsylvania public protection counts for something. (Mike Frisch)