IN THE MATTER OF KELLEY

SJC-13145.

489 Mass. 300 (2022)

IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL J. KELLEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela A. Harbeson , Assistant Bar Counsel.

Joseph S. Berman for Board of Bar Overseers.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


The Board of Bar Overseers (board) voted to publicly reprimand the respondent, Michael J. Kelley, for failing to communicate adequately with a client and for failing to deliver various clients' files to successor counsel in a timely fashion. However, the board concluded that bar counsel had failed to prove an additional charge, namely,...

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