· 11/23/2005
In Re Cater
Citations
- 887 A.2d 1
- 2005 WL 3116169
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- holding that a fitness requirement is justified where the evidence clearly and convincingly raises a “serious doubt,” i.e., “real skepticism,” as to the suspended attorney‟s continuing fitness to practice law
- holding that a fitness requirement is justified where the evidence clearly and convincingly raises a “serious doubt,” i.e., “real skepticism,” as to the suspended attorney‟s continuing fitness to practice law
- adopting \clear and convincing\ evidence standard for reinstatement enhancement, in part, in recognition that a fitness requirement \can transform a thirty-day suspension into one that lasts for years\
- adopting a three- part test for determining whether to impose a fitness requirement when an attorney has failed to cooperate in a disciplinary investigation
- approving the Board’s proposed test for the imposition of a fitness requirement
- setting forth the standard for imposition of a fitness requirement and finding such requirement warranted where “the respondent has repeatedly evinced indifference .,. toward the disciplinary procedures by which the Bar regulates itself.”
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Judges: Terry, Reid, Glickman
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