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DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. BRAUN

520 Pa. 157 (1989)

553 A.2d 894

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Seymour H. BRAUN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seymour H. Braun, John E. Quinn, Pittsburgh, for respondent.

Helen M. Kistler, Asst. Disciplinary Counsel, Pittsburgh, for Disciplinary Bd.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This disciplinary proceeding presents the question of whether respondent attorney's admitted egregious misconduct is sufficiently mitigated by evidence of psychiatric illness to justify the sanction of suspension rather than disbarment. We hold that respondent, Seymour H. Braun, presented psychiatric testimony which established that his neurotic depression was a causal factor in his misconduct, and therefore adopt...

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