Five Year Suspension For Possession Of Child Porn Conviction

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has imposed a five-year suspension of an attorney whose laptop computer was seized by police pursuant to a warrant.

The ensuing search revealed at least 300 images of child pornography and led to a guilty plea to 150 counts of possession.

Law360 reported that he was a debt collection attorney and was suspended in 2015. The suspension imposed here is retroactive to the interim suspension.

The case is  In re Allan Christopher Smith and can be accessed at this link. (Mike Frisch)