The lawyer disciplinary process in Massachusetts can be a confusing, stressful, and time-consuming process. Learn about the inner workings of the process, beginning with an actual complaining client and concluding with an actual responding lawyer. Along the way, members of the Office of Bar Counsel and counsel representing lawyers in disciplinary investigations and hearings provide insight and tips for avoiding bar complaints in the first place, and handling them if and when they do arise.
Course Content
10:00 am - 10:05 am- Welcome and Introduction
- Joseph M. Makalusky, Esq., Office of Bar Counsel, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, Boston
- Initiating and Avoiding Bar Complaints
- Luz A. Carrion, Esq., Office of Bar Counsel, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, Boston
- Bar Counsel’s Investigation and Prosecution Process
- Gloria Gallington, Office of Bar Counsel, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, Boston
- Amanda E. Muros-Bishoff, Esq., Office of Bar Counsel, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, Boston
- Responding to Bar Complaints and Prosecutions
- Robert A. George, Sr.,, South Dennis
- Please Note
- MCLE webcasts are delivered completely online, underscoring their convenience and appeal.
- There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only.
Speakers
Chair- Joseph M. Makalusky, Esq., Office of Bar Counsel, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, Boston
- Luz A. Carrion, Esq., Office of Bar Counsel, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, Boston
- Gloria Gallington, Office of Bar Counsel, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, Boston
- Robert A. George, Sr., South Dennis
- Patrick Hanley, Esq., Butters Brazilian LLP, Boston
- Amanda E. Muros-Bishoff, Esq., Office of Bar Counsel, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, Boston
