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MORRISSEY v. VIRGINIA STATE BAR

Record No. 001139.

538 S.E.2d 677 (2000)

Joseph D. MORRISSEY v. VIRGINIA STATE BAR, ex rel. THIRD DISTRICT COMMITTEE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Hargett (Michael L. Rigsby, Richmond; Glenn R. Croshaw, Virginia Beach; Morrissey & Hershner, Richmond, Midkiff & Hiner; Willcox & Savage, Norfolk, on brief), for appellant.

Peter R. Messitt, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General; Judith Jagdmann, Deputy Attorney General; Gregory E. Lucyk, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Brian M. McCormick, Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

HASSELL, Justice.

In this appeal of right by an attorney from an order of suspension, the central question is whether an excessive sanction was imposed.

II.

A.

A circuit court consisting of three judges appointed pursuant to Code § 54.1-3935 found Joseph Dee Morrissey, a member of the Virginia State Bar, guilty of one violation of Disciplinary Rule 7-105(A) and two violations of Disciplinary Rule 1-102(A)(3). The court received evidence...

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