In Re Petition for Disciplinary Action Against Varriano

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• concluding that the referee’s finding, which was based on a credibility determination that the lawyer did not act dishonestly, was not clearly erroneous
• observing that the failure to explain a conflict of interest to a client “is the sort of behavior that decreases public trust in the profession”
• stating that \[a] violation of 8.4(c) thus implies an intentional act by the attorney\ and upholding the referee's finding that the attorney did not violate Rule 8.4(c) because he did not act \in an 'intentionally dishonest manner' \

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