OFFICE OF DISC. COUNSEL v. SMALLWOOD, 566 Pa. 5 (2001)

777 A.2d 1049

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner v. Leslie A. SMALLWOOD, Respondent.

No. 675 Disciplinary Docket No. 3.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
May 14, 2001.

ORDER
PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 14th day of May, 2001, an Order and Rule to Show Cause having been entered by this Court on April 6, 2001, and no response to the Rule to Show Cause having been filed, it is ORDERED that:

1. The Rule is made absolute and respondent is placed on temporary suspension until further definitive action by this Court;

2. Respondent shall comply with the provisions of Rule 217, Pa. R.D.E.;

3. The President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, in accordance with Rule 217(g), Pa.R.D.E., shall take such further action and make such further orders as may appear necessary to protect the rights and interests of respondent’s clients; and

4. All financial institutions in Pennsylvania in which respondent holds accounts containing fiduciary funds shall freeze such accounts pending further order of this Court.

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This Order constitutes an imposition of public discipline within the meaning of Rule 402, Pa R.D.E., pertaining to confidentiality.