BANGOR — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court in a recent order allowed well-known Bangor attorney Peter A. Anderson to resign rather than face a disciplinary hearing.

According to a May 23 order written by Justice Paul L. Rudman, “the court finds the conduct which Mr. Anderson admits to be conduct unworthy of an attorney and the court, therefore, accepts the resignation from the Bar.”

The Board of Overseers of the Maine State Bar Association had been conducting a disciplinary investigation of Anderson, who is perhaps best known for his appearances on local television commercials advertising his services.

Anderson, a Bangor native, did not return telephone messages left at his office Thursday.

Kevin Cuddy, a Bangor attorney representing Anderson in the matter, declined to elaborate on the judge’s order.

“It’s a matter that was held in confidence and it would be inappropriate for me to comment,” Cuddy said Thursday.

Anderson’s resignation from the bar, dated April 5, was effective June 2.

J. Scott Davis, an attorney for the Board of Overseers, said Friday that the board handles only about one or two such resignations a year.

In 1999, the board handled four disbarments, two suspensions and two resignations, according to its annual report.

The Board of Overseers, established by the Supreme Judicial Court in 1978, consists of six lawyers appointed by the court and three public members appointed by the court on recommendations by the governor.

As part of his resignation, Anderson was required to submit an affidavit acknowledging that all or part of the allegations against him were true. As mandated by the Maine Bar rule, both the letter and affidavit were sealed and unavailable for public inspection.

Anderson, 62, was admitted to the bar in 1963, according to a biography on his firm’s Web site. Anderson had practiced law from his Exchange Street office before resigning from the bar.