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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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To the extent that the respondent suggests that the sanctions imposed by the bankruptcy court in connection with both counts one and two should lessen the sanction imposed here, the bankruptcy court sanctions do not govern the respondent's ethical violations.  "The primary factor in bar discipline cases is 'the effect upon, and perception of, the public and the bar.'"  Matter of Zak, 476 Mass. at 1041, quoting Matter of Finnerty, 418 Mass. 821, 829 (2008).  That was not the reason for, or the point of, the sanctions in the bankruptcy court.