An attorney who engaged in misconduct in two unrelated matters was suspended for six months by a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

One of the matters involved the attorney’s representation of a student

hearing to determine whether the s on would be epelled from school or suspended f or an extended period was

s chedu l ed to be held before the high school principal. The

r e s pondent telephoned the princ ~pa l to reschedule the hearing.

During their conversation, the =espondent i nsis t ed on pres enting

her clients ‘ view of the case, over the principal’s

prote£tations, unti l the principal ended the call withou t

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 bitch” .and a 11 trickster,” and had expressed bias

a ga i ns t her. clients’ son.