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Byron J. Siegal (2023)
Byron J. Siegal, Esq. cc: Elizabeth M. Murphy, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel
Stephanie C. Hausman
October 23, 2023 /s/ Stephanie C. Haus man
the Motion for Protective Order. accept the Request to Resign, to approve the Agreement to Pay Costs, and to grant On October 17, 2023, the Committee reviewed th ese pleadings and voted to
Protective Order were filed on September 28, 2023. Agreement to Pay Costs of Disciplinary Matter, and Assented - To Motion for A Request to Resign and Affidavit in Support Thereof Pursuant to Rule 37(11),
ORDER
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Attorney Discipline Office
Advs.
Siegal, Byron J.
Trudy Renfors, Administrative Assistant Katheen M. Ames, Vice Chair Caroline K. Leonard, Esq., Vice Chair Stephanie C. Hausman, Esq., Chair
603 - 224 - 5828 Fax 228 - 9511 Concord, New Hampshire 03301 4 Chenell Drive, Suite 102 a committee of the attorney discipline system Professional Conduct Committee New Hampshire Supreme Court I was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar in 1984. I am currently suspended from the practice of law in New Hampshire. In I do not intend to resume practicing law in New Hampshire. I was also admitted to practice law in Maine on May 15, 1986. My I do not have a prior public disciplinary history.
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status.”
current status with the Maine Bar is listed as “Inactive Non-Resident
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37(16)(d) and (f)).
2022)(issuing immediate suspension pursuant to Supreme Court Rule
the Matter of Byron J. Siegal, Esquire, LD-2022-0006 (October 26,
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and state as follows:
37(11). In support thereof, Mr. Siegal, being duly sworn, does hereby depose
from the New Hampshire Bar pursuant to New Hampshire Supreme Court Rule
NOW COMES, Byron J. Siegal, and respectfully requests leave to resign
THEREOF PURSUANT TO RULE 37(11)
REQUEST TO RESIGN AND AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT
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Attorney Discipline Office
advs.
Siegal, Byron J.
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE
NEW HAMPSHIRE SUPREME COURT My current home address is 3 Avalon Drive, Unit 3518, Quincy, MA My resignation from the Bar is tendered freely and voluntarily. I am not The ADO docketed a complaint against me on July 15, 2021, following I had been the owner, the principal stockholder and President of Camps From 1985-2019, I moved money in and out of the corporations as In November 2020, Camps for Grownups was indicted for Regulation of
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Business Practices for Consumer Protection – Acts Unlawful (RSA 358-
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contingencies and the result described below occurred.
as advertised. In the 2019 year, I failed to anticipate all the necessary
mislead the participants and I had every intention of providing the camp
funds to complete the camp that year. At no time did I intend to
needed. In 2019, my financing failed and I was unable to provide the
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corporation.
in 1985. At all times, I was the person responsible for the actions of the
corporation, and its prior corporation, JazzVermont, since its inception
for Grownups, a New Hampshire corporation. I managed this
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an indictment brought against Camp for Grownups, LTD.
New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office dated June 3, 2021, related to
receipt of a referral filed by Anne M. Edwards, General Counsel for the
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and resigning from the Bar.
am fully aware of and accept the implications of submitting this request
under any duress, subject to any coercion, or medically impaired, and I
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6. My misconduct is specifically set forth in the indictment. The indictment Camps for Grownups caused email solicitations to be sent which Camps for Grownups advertised and promoted the Jazz Camp On July 12, 2022, the company plead guilty to RSA 358-A:2 (Acts As a part of the sentencing, the corporation agreed to pay restitution of I admit that the conduct as set forth in the indictment violates at least Rule 8.4(b) (Committing a Criminal Act);
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the following Rules of Professional Conduct:
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Exhibit B.
$131,489.70. The House of Corrections Sentence is attached hereto as
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Unlawful).
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to hold the camp as advertised.
lacked sufficient funds or an anticipated source of future funding
was moving forward as scheduled, at a time when the business
“www.jazzcamp.com” which created the impression that the camp
scheduled for August 19, 2019 on the website
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the camp as advertised;
funds or a reasonable anticipated source of future funding to hold
August 19, 2019, at a time when the business lacked sufficient
encouraged consumers to register for the Jazz Camp scheduled for
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practices within the meaning of RSA 358:2 because:
alleged that Camps for Grownups used unfair or deceptive acts or
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A:2). The indictment is attached hereto as Exhibit A. Rule 8.4(c) (Conduct Involving Dishonest, Fraud, Deceit, or I waive the confidentiality of this Request to Resign and Affidavit, as well The ADO does not object to my resignation. In the unlikely event that I apply for readmission to the Bar, I I agree to pay the costs incurred by the ADO in the investigation and I request that the Professional Conduct Committee recommend to the
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Supreme Court that this resignation be accepted.
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subject of a separate agreement.
pursuit of this disciplinary matter. My agreement to pay costs is the
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Character and Fitness.
readmission, this matter may be presented to the Committee on
attachments. I also understand that in the event I apply for
as contained in my Request to Resign and Affidavit and related
understand that I will be bound by my representations and admissions
such prosecution would be barred by the statute of limitations. I
matter to a sanction. I waive my defenses and my right to assert that
discretion, may bring forward and prosecute this underlying disciplinary
understand that the ADO may object to my application and, in its
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as the attached Exhibits.
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Misrepresentation)
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