Credit: PANsight/Shutterstock.com Pa. Attorney Receives Reciprocal, 4-Year Suspension in NJ for 'Web of Lies to His Own Clients and Law Firm'
The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed with a majority of the state's Disciplinary Review Board, issuing reciprocal discipline to a Pennsylvania attorney for falsely telling clients that he successfully resolved their cases and paying them more than $500,000 from his personal funds to perpetrate those falsehoods.
March 25, 2022 at 05:33 PM
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The New Jersey Supreme Court agreed with a majority of the state's Disciplinary Review Board, issuing reciprocal discipline to a Pennsylvania attorney for falsely telling clients that he successfully resolved their cases and paying them more than $500,000 from his personal funds to perpetrate those falsehoods.
Keith M. McWhirk, the former partner at Mandracchia and McWhirk in Skippack, Pennsylvania, was suspended for four years by the New Jersey Supreme Court on March 17, retroactive to the date of his temporary suspension, April 28, 2016.
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