A lengthy complaint from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel against a Pennsylvania senator with allegations of misrepresentation, conflict of interest and the rarely invoked common law doctrine of champerty claim the legislator violated several Rules of Professional Conduct while doing local legal work for a Utah-based “heir hunting” firm.
State Senator Jeffrey E. Piccola, R-Dauphin, is scheduled to go before the state Disciplinary Board in late October, following a 72-page petition for discipline alleging he violated 14 Rules of Professional Conduct while working for Kemp & Associates, a company that aims to connect unknowing heirs with their inheritance in cases where no will was left behind.
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