No.

BD-2000-080

IN RE: PETER M. GATELY

S.J.C. Order of Term Suspension entered by Justice Greaney on October 10, 2000. 1

SUMMARY2

On May 15, 2000, the respondent was convicted in the United States District Court for the
District of Massachusetts of three counts of willful failure to file income tax returns in
violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7203. Willful failure to file income tax returns is a "serious" crime as
defined by S. J. C. Rule 4:01, § 12. The respondent's conviction constituted a violation of
Mass. R. Prof. C. 8.4(b) and (h).

The respondent assented to a temporary suspension, which took effect on June 13, 2000. On
August 25, 2000, the respondent and bar counsel filed a stipulation with the Board of Bar
Overseers stipulating to a six-month suspension, retroactive to the date of the temporary
suspension, as the proper sanction. On September 11, 2000, the Board of Bar Overseers voted
to file an Information with the Court recommending that the respondent be suspended from
the practice of law for six months. On October 10, 2000, the Supreme Judicial Court for
Suffolk County (Greaney, J.) entered an order suspending the respondent from the practice of
law for six months retroactive to June 13, 2000.
1The complete Order of the Court is available by contacting the Clerk of the Supreme Judicial
Court for Suffolk County.
2 Compiled by the Board of Bar Overseers based on the record before the Court.

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