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28 Mar 2017, 6:21 am
A District of Columbia Ad Hoc Hearing Committee recently issued a report that would be unremarkable save for two facts. [read post]
12 Mar 2020, 5:25 am
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility proposes a public censure of an attorney - who had been subject to a lengthy disciplinary process as a consequence of a criminal conviction - for his dishonest conduct in failing to... [read post]
5 1/2 Year D.C. Bar Counsel "Investigation" Leads to Probation That Need Not Be Disclosed To Clients
14 Jul 2016, 4:59 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has ordered a stayed suspension of 30 days with probationary conditions of an attorney who had breached the duty of confidentiality and engaged in related violations. [read post]
5 Jun 2019, 7:32 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has suspended an attorney based on his criminal conviction per the Bar's web page LeFande was suspended on an interim basis based upon conviction of a serious crime. [read post]
5 Apr 2018, 5:53 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals reversed the criminal contempt conviction of an alleged unauthorized practitioner of the law Over thirty years ago, in 1986, appellant Benoit Brookens was found guilty of criminal contempt based on his unauthorized practice... [read post]
24 Sep 2009, 5:53 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has held that a flat fee paid to a lawyer remains the property of the client until it is earned, unless the client gives informed consent that permits the lawyer to take the... [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 8:51 am
A relatively recent amendment to District of Columbia Court of Appeals Rule XI (governing bar discipline) allows for a streamlined reinstatement process where Bar Counsel does not object to the attorney's petition. [read post]
13 Mar 2017, 4:45 am
A new opinion of the District of Columbia Bar Legal Ethics Committee is summarized in the headnote Numerous ethical obligations attach to both a law firm and its members in connection with the process of the dissolution of the firm.... [read post]
20 Jun 2017, 1:29 pm
One interesting aspect of the District of Columbia Hearing Committee report (noted here) in In re Larry Klayman is the handling of the expert testimony offered in his defense of the claim that he violated the former client rule The... [read post]
1 Oct 2010, 5:54 am
If you want to get a sense of what is wrong with the attorney discipline regime in the District of Columbia (and do not wish to read my article on that subject in the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics), check... [read post]
16 Mar 2015, 7:55 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has ordered the interim suspension of a criminal defense attorney based on sanctions imposed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 8:55 am
A District of Columbia bar disciplinary case that started out as an informal admonition, which the attorney rejected, has now resulted in a hearing committee recomendation for a two-year suspension with fitness. [read post]
18 May 2021, 4:25 am
Anyone who wishes to watch a District of Columbia disciplinary prosecution has the opportunity this week in a matter scheduled to commence this morning at 9 am. [read post]
22 Aug 2013, 6:52 am
A "well respected" longtime member of the bar has been suspended for seven months by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. [read post]
22 Feb 2010, 12:48 pm
An ethics opinion issued this month by the Legal Ethics Committee of the District of Columbia Bar is summarized below: The imputation of a temporary contract lawyer’s individual conflicts to a hiring firm under D.C. [read post]
15 Aug 2023, 9:13 am
District of Columbia Disciplinary Counsel has filed a Specification of Charges that alleges, among other things, that an attorney had misappropriated substantial funds due to a client. [read post]
4 Aug 2017, 5:31 am
This is the time of the year when the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility tries to clear its docket and move cases along to their conclusion. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 6:04 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals adopted the proposed sanctions of its Board on Professional Responsibility that a thieving partner of a law firm be disbarred and that the more senior partner who had failed to supervise him be... [read post]
23 Aug 2017, 5:23 am
The web page of the District of Columbia Bar has posted informal admonitions issued to attorneys in three matters. [read post]
26 Jun 2009, 4:59 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals entered an order yesterday that denied a motion for rehearing or rehearing en banc in a case where the court had not imposed an interim suspension for a felony conviction. [read post]
