IN RE CAREY

Nos. SC 84189, SC 84190.

89 S.W.3d 477 (2002)

In re John J. CAREY, Respondent. In re Joseph P. DANIS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

November 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon K. Weedin, Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Jefferson City, for Informant.

Martin M. Green, Clayton, for Respondent.


WILLIAM RAY PRICE, JR., Judge.

It is a fair characterization of the lawyer's responsibility in our society that he stands "as a shield," to quote Devlin, J., in defense of right and to ward off wrong. From a profession charged with such responsibilities there must be exacted those qualities of truth-speaking, of a high sense of honor, of granite discretion, of the strictest observance of fiduciary responsibility, that have, throughout the centuries been compendiously...

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