Patricia J. McGrath (2004)

any trust accounts in New Hampshire. matters and administrative proceedings, and whether she maintains any New Hampshire clients in any pending matters, including litigated within ten (10) days of her receipt of this order whether she represents the court's order. She is further ordered to disclose to the court jurisdictions in which she is licensed to practice law of the issuance of ordered to notify the attorney discipline authority of fu,y other practice of law in New Hampshire for a period of three years. She is THEREFORE, Patricia J. McGrath is hereby suspended from the

three years. See irl. McGrath from the practice ofIaw in New Hampshire for a period of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justifies suspending Attorney See Rule 37(1O)(d)-(e). We conclude that the misconduct found by the further proceedings are unnecessary for the disposition of this case. Having reviewed the PCC's petition, the court concludes that

days of her receipt of it, she did not do so. required Attorney McGrath to respond to the petition within thirty upon Attorney McGrath on March 3, 2004. Although the court's order 2004, the court received confirmation that abode service was effected that the petition be served in person (}r by abode service. On April 26, requested on two occasions. On January 30, 2004, the court ordered success to serve Attorney McGrath by certified mail, return receipt In accordance with Rule 37(1O)(b), this court attempted without

Board of Bar Overseers during its investigation of complaints. work for which the clients paid her; and (2) lying to the Massachusetts other things: (1) accepting retainers from clients and failing to do the . Supreme Judicial Court suspended Attorney McGrath for, among McGrath for three years and found her to be in contempt. The Court for Suffolk County (Massachusetts) suspended Attorney been informed that, on November 26, 2002, the Supreme Judicial McGrath. See Rule 37(10). The committee's petition stated that it had (PCC) filed a petition for reciprocal discipline of Attorney Patricia J. On September 3,2003 the Committee on Professional Conduct

LD-2003-0006, In the Matter of patricja.1. McGrath

Irene Dalbec, Supreme Court Debbie Bills, Supreme Court NH Bar Association Patricia A. McGrath, Esquire ....-::James L. DeHart, Esquire Margaret H. Nelson, Chair Distribution:

DATE: May 14, 2004

Broderick, Nadeau, Dalianis, Duggan, and Galway, JJ., concurred.

PCC in the investigation and prosecution of this matter. Patricia J. McGrath is hereby assessed all expenses incurred by the