Matter of Member of the Bar: Tease

EFiled: Oct 15 2019 03:50PM EDT
Filing ID 64318975
Case Number 237,2019
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
IN THE MATTER OF A §
MEMBER OF THE BAR OF THE § No. 420, 2019
SUPREME COURT OF §
DELAWARE: § Board Case No. 114511-R
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CHRISTOPHER D. TEASE, §
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Respondent. §
Submitted: October 7, 2019
Decided: October 15, 2019
Before VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and TRAYNOR, Justices.
PER CURIAM:
ORDER
It appears to the Court that:
(1) On July 17, 2019, this Court accepted the recommendation of a
panel of the Board on Professional Responsibility (“the Board”) and
suspended the respondent, Christopher D. Tease, from the practice of law in
Delaware for a period of eighteen months, retroactive to November 20, 2014
(the date Tease transferred to disability inactive status).1 The Court also
accepted the Board’s recommendation that Tease serve a one-year forward-
looking period of probation, with conditions, to commence upon Tease’s
1
In re Tease, No. 237, 2019, Order at 2 (Del. July 17, 2019).
reinstatement, if he were reinstated.2 The July 17, 2019 Order was stayed
pending consideration of Tease’s petition for reinstatement.3
(2) Tease filed a petition for reinstatement with the Board. In its
answer, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) took no position on the
petition. On July 11, 2019, the Board held a hearing on Tease’s petition for
reinstatement. ODC stated that, following additional investigation and
research, it supported the petition.
(3) On October 4, 2019, the Board filed its Report with the Court,
recommending that Tease be reinstated to the Bar, subject to the one-year
probation period with conditions imposed by the July 17, 2019 Order. The
Office of Disciplinary Counsel and Tease have informed the Court that they
will not be filing any objections to the Report.
(4) The Court has considered the matter carefully. The Court has
determined that the Board’s Report should be adopted in its entirety. The stay
of the July 17, 2019 Order is lifted and the July 17, 2019 Order shall go into
effect on the date of this Order.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Board’s Report
(which is attached as Exhibit A) is hereby ACCEPTED. Christopher D.
2
Id. at 2-4.
3
Id. at 4.
2
Tease, Esquire shall be reinstated as a member of the Bar of this Court, subject
to the one-year probation period with conditions imposed by the July 17, 2019
Order (which is attached as Exhibit B).
3
EFiled: Oct 15 2019 03:50PM EDT
Filing ID 64318975
Case Number 237,2019
EFiled: Oct 15 2019 03:50PM EDT
Filing ID 64318975
Case Number 237,2019