ODC v. Jeffrey Allen Hulton

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, : No. 2379 Disciplinary Docket No. 3
Petitioner : No. 164 DB 2016
v. : Attorney Registration No. 49522JEFFREY ALAN HULTON, : (Allegheny County)
Respondent
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 12th 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 Jeffrey Alan Hulton is
suspended on consent from the Bar of this Commonwealth for a period of one year and
one day. The suspension is stayed in its entirety, and he is placed on probation for a
period of two years, subject to the following conditions:
1. Respondent shall continue treatment with a mental healthcare
professional as recommended by Dr. Burton Singerman, M.D., M.P.H.;
2. Respondent shall cooperate with the directions of the mental healthcare
professional supervising his treatment, take medications as prescribed,
and engage in therapy and counseling sessions as directed;
3. Respondent shall cause the mental healthcare professional supervising
his treatment to make written reports, attaching treatment notes, to the
Secretary of the Board on a quarterly basis during his probation;
4. The written reports shall verify Respondent's continued counseling and
treatment;
5. Respondent shall continue treatment with a physician with regard to his
Type II Diabetes;
6. Respondent shall cooperate with directions of his physician supervising
his treatment, including, but not limited to, taking all prescribed
medications;
7. Respondent shall obtain a practice monitor, approved by the Office of
Disciplinary Counsel, who will meet with Respondent at Respondent's
office and make quarterly reports to the Secretary of the Board;
8. Respondent shall submit quarterly reports and documentation to Petitioner
in which he attests to his compliance with Rule of Professional Conduct
1.15;
9. At the conclusion of the prescribed period of probation, Respondent shall
apply for termination of probation in accordance with §89.294 of the
Disciplinary Board Rules; and
10. Respondent shall pay costs to the Disciplinary Board pursuant to
Pa. R.D. E. 208(g).