IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, : No. 2383 Disciplinary Docket No. 3
Petitioner : No. 68 DB 2017
v. : Attorney Registration No. 56257
PATRICK STEPHEN HEALY, : (Allegheny County)
Respondent
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 22nd day of June, 2017 upon consideration of the
Recommendation of the Three -Member Panel of the Disciplinary Board, the Joint
Petition in Support of Discipline on Consent is granted, and Patrick Stephen Healy is
suspended from the Bar of this Commonwealth for a period of four years. The
suspension is stayed in its entirety, and Respondent is placed on probation for a period
of four years, subject to the following conditions:
1. Respondent shall continue treatment with Larry Sellitto, Ph.D., or another
qualified mental healthcare therapist, who is to direct and supervise
Respondent's activities therein;
2. Respondent shall cooperate with directions of the therapist supervising his
treatment, take medications as prescribed, engage in therapy and
counseling sessions as directed, and undergo prescribed random urine
toxicology monitoring;
3. Respondent shall cause the therapist supervising his treatment to make
written reports directed to the Secretary of the Board on a quarterly basis
for the first two years of the probation and on a semi-annual basis for the
balance of probation;
4. The written reports shall include the identity and dosage of medications
being currently prescribed, the nature and frequency of the therapy
sessions since any prior report, the identity of the health services agency
or agent providing the same, and an assessment of Respondent's mental
condition at that time in regard to his mental fitness to engage in the
practice of law;
5. Respondent shall immediately authorize and direct Dr. Sellitto, or any
substitute or successor supervising therapist, to furnish a written report of
facts and circumstances to the Secretary of the Board at any time when, in
the estimation of the supervising therapist, Respondent's behavior or
material failure to conduct himself in cooperation with any aspect of his
prescribed treatment regimen indicates that he is, or may be, in jeopardy
of shortly becoming mentally unfit to engage in the practice of law;
6. If, for any reason, Respondent severs his relationship with Dr. Sellitto, he
shall immediately make a written report to the Secretary of the Board of
that fact and the circumstances causing the same, together with the
identification and location of another qualified therapist, who has been fully
informed of the terms of this probation and has agreed to serve as a
successor supervising therapist in accordance with the same;
7. Respondent shall furnish, at any time it may reasonably be requested, his
written authorization for any healthcare agency or agent to furnish to the
Secretary of the Board complete records of and information as to any
mental health or underlying medical care services which may have been
provided to him.
8. At the conclusion of the prescribed period of probation, Respondent shall
apply for termination of probation in accordance with Disciplinary Board
Rule §89.293(c).
Respondent shall pay costs to the Disciplinary Board, pursuant to Pa.R.D.E. 208(g).
ODC v. Patrick Stephen Healy
Combined Opinion