In the Matter of David Glenn Baker (2025)

Citation: In the Matter of David Glenn Baker (2025)
Parent Document: In the Matter of David Glenn Baker (2025)
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date: 2025-08-18
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10655743/in-the-matter-of-david-glenn-baker/ ↗

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In reaching its decision to recommend a three-year suspension, the board first addressed what it considered to be the respondent's most serious offenses:  the numerous times he knowingly made false statements of fact or law to the courts, in violation of Mass. R. Prof. C. 3.3 (a) (1), and the related professional misconduct in violation of Mass. R. Prof. C. 8.4 (d) and (h).  In cases in which an attorney has made intentionally false statements to a court, a one-year suspension has been imposed.  See Matter of McCarthy, 416 Mass. 423, 431-432 (1993); Matter of Neitlich, 413 Mass. 416, 421-422 (1992).  When those statements have been under oath, the concomitant sanction has been at least a two-year suspension.  See Matter of Diviacchi, 475 Mass. 1013, 1020-1021 (2016), and cases cited.  Here, the respondent made multiple false statements or misrepresentations, of both fact and law, in multiple courts and in three different cases.  Additionally, he had engaged previously in similar such behavior.

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