An attorney’s representation that he ceased practiced at the time of his criminal sentencing was accepted by Associate Justice Botsford of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for “credit for

I will order the temporary suspension to be effective. as of the date of the respondent’s sentencing. Bar counsel makes a fair point that when an order of temporary suspension is to be effective as of a date earlier than the order itself, it presents enforcement problems for bar counsel because ~ithout conducting at least some investigation, she has no way of verifying that a respondent did cease practicing law at an earlier date. However, it is also the case that

Rule 4:01, § 12 calls for the immediate Suspensi0n of an attorney

convicted of a seri~us crime, and conviction occurs upon entry of a

guilty plea, whether ·or not sentence has .been imposed. If bar counsel

does not file notice of the conviction until a date well. P.ast a

respondent’s guilty ple<; and sentencing, a respondent who did suspend

time served” purposes