IN THE MATTER OF THE DISCIPLINE OF AN ATTORNEY


451 Mass. 131 (2008)

In the Matter of the Discipline of an Attorney.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Geller, Assistant Bar Counsel.

Roy A. Bourgeois (George L. Dresser with him) for the respondent.

Present: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, & Botsford, JJ.


BOTSFORD, J.

Bar counsel appeals from the decision of the single justice dismissing the petition for discipline of an attorney. Principally at issue is the propriety of certain provisions in the attorney's form contingent fee agreement that go beyond the terms of the model contingent fee agreement set out in the Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct. Bar counsel also challenges the attorney's conduct in misrepresenting...

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