In Re Sandground’s Empirical Analysis

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21 state decisions

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1. “We might consider Sandground’s inconsistent positions before the Board to be an aggravating factor, but defer to the Board's treatment of this matter.” Id. at 1247-48 n. 10. 10 . The client’s wife found the secret agreement in her husband's papers after new counsel had taken over for Sandground. Id. 11 . Sandground advised his client to reveal the funds at any deposition. Id. at 1245 . 12 . In Sandground , the Hearing Committee did not accept in full Bar Counsel’s position that there was a preconceived conspiracy to conceal the information, finding only that Sandground”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Shay

2. “the nature of the violation, [(2)] the mitigating and aggravating circumstances, [(3)] the need to protect the public, the courts, and the legal profession,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Cleaver-Bascombe

3. “Sandground's knowing participation went to the heart of the controversy between [his client] and his wife and threatened to defraud [the wife].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Cleaver-Bascombe