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OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. AMBROSE, 566 Pa. 196 (2001)

779 A.2d 484

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner v. Fred John AMBROSE, Jr., Respondent.

No. 683 Disciplinary Docket No. 3.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
June 18, 2001.

ORDER
PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 18th day of June, 2001, an Order and Rule to Show Cause having been entered by this Court on May 14,

Page 197

2001, and “10 response to the Rule to Show Cause having been filed, it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. The Rule is made absolute and, pursuant to Rule 208(f), Pa.R.D.E., 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 Montgomery 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 fully protect the rights and interests of respondent’s clients; and
4. All Financial institutions in which respondent holds accounts containing fiduciary funds shall freeze such accounts pending further order of this Court.

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

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