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13 Jul 2015, 5:33 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility has approved and forwarded to the Court of Appeals a consent disbarment of an attorney Law360 had this story on the attorney's problems with the SEC A D.C. [read post]
1 May 2015, 5:22 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals will face a formidable task in reviewing the execrable Worst Report in its disciplinary history when it hears oral argument on June 3, 2015 in the case of In re Szymkovicz et al.... [read post]
7 Jun 2019, 5:23 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has imposed identical discipline based on sanctions ordered in Texas On consideration of the two separate certified orders from the state of Texas wherein respondent admitted that in one case he threatened a... [read post]
16 Apr 2020, 5:40 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals imposed disbarment in a reciprocal discipline matter from Virginia, which had suspended the attorney for a year and a day. [read post]
7 Mar 2024, 7:24 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has ordered a 60-day suspension with reinstatement conditioned on proof of fitness of an attorney admitted in 1979 for misconduct found in representing a client in a New York sales tax matter Mr.... [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 10:58 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals disagreed with its Board on Professional Responsibility and disbarred an attorney found to have engaged in flagrant dishonesty. [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 8:48 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility has approved and forwarded to the Court of Appeals a motion for consent disbarment of an attorney convicted of criminal conflict of interest charges. [read post]
28 Dec 2023, 7:29 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals vacated a finding of undue influence and remanded in light of its clarification of the appropriate standard Danny Divver was a financial adviser and insurance broker whose now-deceased client, Marianne Delin, left him... [read post]
8 Mar 2018, 5:53 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals - over a dissent - affirmed a voyeurism conviction Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence established that shortly after midnight on January 6, 2015, Shirley Cartwright and her... [read post]
2 May 2019, 5:20 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has suspended an attorney for one year with reinstatement conditioned on proof of fitness In this case, the Board on Professional Responsibility adopts the findings of its Ad Hoc Hearing Committee that respondent... [read post]
13 May 2023, 5:01 pm by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed and reversed in part a judgment involving interpretation of an agreement between two divorcing lawyers The following facts appear to be undisputed for current purposes. [read post]
30 Jul 2015, 4:48 am by Legal Profession Prof
A divided United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a conviction in a criminal case where lead defense counsel took ill mid-trial and was replaced by secondary counsel who had not attended all the proceedings.... [read post]
6 Nov 2014, 8:02 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has suspended an attorney convicted of causing the deaths of two people. [read post]
24 Jul 2017, 6:25 am by Legal Profession Prof
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the conviction of a mother tried with her son in a tax fraud conspiracy case. [read post]
31 Jan 2015, 7:06 pm by Legal Profession Prof
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a law firm's suit for fees. [read post]
25 Aug 2022, 6:56 am by Legal Profession Prof
In an opinion authored by Senior Judge John Steadman, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals disbarred one law firm partner and suspended a second partner for nine months Respondents are a married couple and the sole attorneys in their... [read post]
12 Feb 2015, 6:44 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of claims brought by a former Wiley Rein employee against the firm. [read post]
2 May 2013, 8:22 am by Legal Profession
We reported on a March 28 decision of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that held prospectively that, when an attorney promptly learns of a dispute over funds disbursed as legal fees, the attorney must return the funds to... [read post]
30 May 2017, 2:32 pm by Legal Profession Prof
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit remanded a dispute over fee-shifting in a case where a law firm that collected on student loans got sued In order to pursue a Master’s degree in Computer... [read post]
18 Oct 2018, 5:47 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals agreed with its Board on Professional Responsibility that a one-year suspension was appropriate for an attorney's false assertions in a motion to recuse a judge but rejected the Board's proposed fitness requirement. [read post]