IN THE MATTER OF PALMER


413 Mass. 33 (1992)

594 N.E.2d 861

IN THE MATTER OF WALTER E. PALMER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy E. Kaufman, Assistant Bar Counsel.

Nancy E. Palmer for the respondent.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


LIACOS, C.J.

The issue before us is the appropriate level of discipline to be imposed on an attorney who, while acting as executor and attorney for an estate, charged a clearly excessive fee, filed a probate account containing misrepresentations and inaccurate statements as to amounts received and expended by the estate, and neglected a legal matter pertaining to the estate. The Board of Bar Overseers (board) recommended that the attorney, who has previously received...

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