| Attorney ID |
53323 |
| Attorney Name |
Mizner, John F. |
| DBP Docket No. |
46 DB 2007 |
| Supreme Court Docket No. |
1369 DD No. 3 |
| County |
Erie |
| Disciplinary Counsel |
Samuel F. Napoli |
| Counsel for Respondent |
John E. Quinn |
| Decision Date |
2008-08-28 |
| Effective Date |
2008-09-27 |
| Case Digest |
Respondent defrauded his law firm of almost $70,000 over a seven month period by presenting false travel vouchers for "reimbursement." He resigned from the firm when his theft was discovered, and made restitution. He presented mitigation of obsessive-compulsive disorder, which caused him to obsessively landscape his property, to great expense, and for which the stolen funds were used.
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| Rule Violation(s) |
8.4(b) and 8.4(c) |
| Discipline Imposed |
Suspension for 5 years, stayed in full with 5 years probation |
| Points of Law |
Theft from a law firm, with no injury to clients, with mitigation of causation by mental illness, justifies a stayed, rather than an actual, suspension from the practice of law.
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| Report/Opinion |
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