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Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Albert Ira Gould
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Docket No.: BAR-03-05
Issued by: Single Justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Date: October 27, 2003
Respondent: Albert Ira Gould
Bar Number: 008090
Order: Suspension Reciprocal Discipline
Disposition/Conduct:
M. Bar R. 7.3(h)(3)
Having received a certified copy of the Order of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts dated December 17, 1998, indefinitely suspending the above-named Albert Ira Gould from the practice of law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and having ordered, pursuant to M. Bar R. 7.3(h)(3)(1), that Albert Ira Gould shall, within 30 days from the service of this Order, inform this Court of any claim that the imposition of identical discipline upon him in this State would be unwarranted and the reasons therefore, and Gould having failed to ever answer, respond or otherwise reply to the Board of Overseers of the Bar's Petition for Reciprocal Discipline after having been personally served with a copy of it on September 16, 2003, this Court hereby ORDERS:
The Board of Overseers of the Bar's Petition for Reciprocal Discipline is hereby granted in all respects;
Effective immediately and pursuant to M. Bar R. 7.3(h)(3), Albert Ira Gould is indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in Maine until further order of this Court; and
Albert Ira Gould shall comply with his reporting and notification requirement of M. Bar R. 7.3(i) within 30 days of the date of this Order.
For the Court
Hon. Susan Calkins, Associate Justice - Maine Supreme Judicial Court
