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OFFICE OF DISCIP. COUNSEL v. CAMPBELL

463 Pa. 472 (1975)

345 A.2d 616

OFFICE OF the DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. John W. CAMPBELL, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 3, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Livingston, Dennis J. Clark, Pittsburgh, for respondent.

Thomas J. Shannon, Pittsburgh, for petitioner.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, Chief Judge.

Respondent, John W. Campbell, Jr., has practiced law for twenty years. In December 1971 he undertook to represent Charlene Mcllwaine, who was then under federal indictment for possessing approximately thirty pounds of marijuana. Immediately upon accepting her case, respondent received from her a retainer of $1,000.

During the course of his representation respondent informed his client that he could for a price...

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