ODC v. Richard Patrick Reynolds (disciplinary order)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, : Petitioner : : v. : : RICHARD PATRICK REYNOLDS, : Respondent : No. 1895 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 No. 179 DB 2011 Attorney Registration No. 48224 (Berks County) ORDER PER CURIAM: AND NOW, this 31 st day of March, 2014, upon consideration of the Report and Recommendations of the Disciplinary Board dated November 19, 2013; it is hereby ORDERED that Richard Patrick Reynolds is suspended from the Bar of this Commonwealth for a period of one year and one day and he shall comply with all the provisions of Rule 217, Pa.R.D.E. It is further ORDERED that respondent shall pay costs to the Disciplinary Board pursuant to Rule 208(g), Pa.R.D.E. Mr. Justice Baer and Mr. Justice Stevens dissent and would impose a suspension for a period of three years due to respondent s prior disciplinary history. See ODC v. Quinn, No. 2008 Disciplinary Docket No. 3(Pa. March 31, 2014)(Baer and Stevens, JJ., dissenting) (opining that recidivist disciplinary offenders should receive more severe sanctions).

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