In re Johnson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• while personal and financial difficulties surely caused respondent anguish, professional difficulties and financial reversals began years before misconduct and could not “excuse or explain abdication of professional responsibilities”
• attorney who commingled funds and used client funds for personal expenses indefinitely suspended

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re Barrett
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-08-16· cited 17×
• In re Johnson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-09-18· cited 4×
• In the Matter of Edward A. Sargent
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-09-03

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In the Matter of Alter
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-11· cited 84×
• In re Schoepfer
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-12-03· cited 29×
• In re Finn
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-02-23· cited 29×
• In re Foley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-05-06· cited 26×
• In the Matter of Luongo
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-10-29· cited 20×
• In re Moore
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-08-09· cited 13×
• In re Hoicka
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-06-10· cited 8×
• In re Dragon
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-11-19· cited 4×