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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A city lawyer charged with three driving under the influence offenses in as many years saw her law license suspended indefinitely Wednesday by order of the state Supreme Court.</p><p>Elizabeth Jennifer Bartolai, 50, of Bear Creek, pleaded guilty last month to driving under the influence of a controlled substance and is awaiting trial on a second DUI case, according to court records. A third DUI charge was withdrawn in December 2014 in exchange for a plea to misdemeanor marijuana possession.</p><p>The state Supreme Court opined Bartolai&#8217;s &#8220;continued practice of law is causing immediate and substantial public or private harm.&#8221; Her suspension, effective Dec. 22, will remain in effect until further order of the court.</p><p>An outgoing voice mail message at Bartolai&#8217;s law office in downtown Wilkes-Barre said she was out of the office this week &#8220;celebrating the holiday with my family.&#8221; A message seeking comment on the suspension Wednesday afternoon was not immediately returned.</p><p>Bartolai most recently was charged with crashing her car into a pickup truck while driving with a suspended license in the wrong direction on Mountain Road in Larksville. Bartolai, according to the affidavit, told police she swerved to avoid a squirrel in the road and remarked the heavy damage to her car was &#8220;already there.&#8221;</p><p>The collision occurred in April, as Bartolai was awaiting trial in another DUI-related case from February in which police say she crashed into a wall in Kingston Township.</p><p>Bartolai was sentenced to six months probation after pleading guilty to marijuana possession and use or possession of drug paraphernalia on Dec. 23, 2014. Prosecutors withdrew a DUI charge in exchange for Bartolai&#8217;s plea, court records show.</p><style>
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Wilkes-Barre attorney with DUI history has law license suspended