IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, : No. 2539 Disciplinary Docket No. 3
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Petitioner : Board File Nos. C3-17-683, C3-18-292
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v. : Attorney Registration No. 202592
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EDWARD JAMES KAUSHAS, 2nd : (Lackawanna County)
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Respondent :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 30th day of November, 2018, following consideration of the
responses to this Court’s Rule to Show Cause why Respondent should not be placed
on temporary suspension, the Rule is made absolute. It is provided that:
1. Respondent is placed on temporary suspension until further definitive action
by this Court;
2. Respondent shall comply with the provisions of Pa.R.D.E. 217;
3. The President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County
shall enter such orders as may be necessary to protect the rights of Respondent’s
clients or fiduciary entities with which he is involved, see Pa.R.D.E. 217(g); and
4. All financial institutions in which Respondent holds fiduciary funds shall freeze
such accounts pending further action.
Respondent’s rights to petition for dissolution or amendment of this order and to
request accelerated disposition of charges underlying this order pursuant to Pa.R.D.E.
208(f)(6) are specifically preserved.
Finally, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel’s Motion for Leave to Supplement the
Record in Support of the Petition is granted.
This Order constitutes an imposition of public discipline pertaining to
confidentiality. See Pa.R.D.E. 402.