Attorney Grievance Commission v. Sheridan

How courts have described this case

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• stating that attorney in a disciplinary hearing must establish factual matters in defense of attorney’s position by preponderance of the evidence
• stating that the hearing judge is “in the best position to assess first hand a witness’s credibility”
• noting that the Court was “constrained to accept ... [the hearing judge’s] assessment, particularly given the judge’s superior ability to evaluate demeanor-based credibility”
• stating that the hearing judge is “in the best position to assess first hand a witness’s credibility.”
• noting that the hearing judge may elect which evidence to rely upon in rendering his findings and conclusions
• explaining that “the state of mind of the attorney at the time of the violation ‘is important in the context of mitigation.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).