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15 Apr 2020, 6:33 am
A 50 year old murder conviction was reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit based on the use of discredited hair analysis testimony at the trial. [read post]
10 Aug 2023, 1:25 pm
A District of Columbia Ad Hoc Hearing Committee finds misconduct and recommends a six-month suspension with fitness The Hearing Committee finds that the issue in this case is not complicated. [read post]
17 Aug 2023, 6:45 am
The long awaited (argued June 25, 2020) decision in In re Wilde was issued today by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. [read post]
16 Jan 2020, 7:55 am
A 48-page per curiam opinion of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals suspends an attorney for 60 days with fitness, notwithstanding a "no fitness" recommendation of its Board on Professional Responsibility In a report consolidating disciplinary cases heard by... [read post]
14 Apr 2022, 7:05 am
The strategy of having the Maryland disciplinary process - which is light years faster than its District of Columbia counterpart - play out first worked to perfection for D.C. [read post]
9 Dec 2016, 8:50 am
Whenever you look at a disciplinary case in the District of Columbia, it is useful to consider the timeline of events. [read post]
8 Aug 2017, 2:14 pm
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted a new trial on a showing of ineffective assistance of counsel in defending a case where the defendant wanted to offer expert testimony that he was engaged... [read post]
16 Jul 2015, 5:22 am
Last month, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals put out a notice seeking comment on a proposed name change for the Office of Bar Counsel. [read post]
23 Aug 2018, 5:23 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals imposed reciprocal disbarment of an attorney sanctioned in California. [read post]
27 Aug 2012, 7:46 am
In the District of Columbia, a disciplinary hearing committee consists of two lawyers and one layperson. [read post]
12 Oct 2016, 9:23 am
Further proof of the systemic dysfunction of the District of Columbia bar disciplinary system is on display with the filing of a hearing committee report in the case of In re Michael Avery The Hearing Committee finds clear and convincing... [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 2:14 pm
I have just returned from the oral argument before the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility in a case on which I previously have blogged. [read post]
9 Apr 2009, 9:38 am
Yesterday I posted a comment about a consent disposition in the District of Columbia that had generated some controversy and a dissent. [read post]
2 Jun 2022, 8:33 am
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility proposes a public censure for disclosures made by an attorney in a motion to withdraw This charged Rule violation arises out of the following representations in Respondent’s affidavit submitted in support of... [read post]
24 May 2016, 7:59 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has ordered the interim suspension of an attorney while it considers reciprocal discipline for sanctions imposed in California. [read post]
24 Dec 2012, 7:19 am
Readers of this blog may recall that I recently severely criticized a District of Columbia hearing committee for absolving four attorneys on charges of elder abuse by failing to deal with the evidence and attacking the complainant and Bar Counsel... [read post]
5 Jun 2014, 4:30 am
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility (BPR) has recommended that an attorney who was disbarred in Alabama be suspended for 90 days with fitness as reciprocal discipline. [read post]
25 Sep 2014, 5:40 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has imposed the reciprocal discipline of disbarment based on the attorney's disbarment in North Carolina. [read post]
4 Aug 2016, 4:35 am
A reciprocal one-year and fitness suspension has been imposed by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals as a result of a Missouri suspension for unauthorized communication with a represented party. [read post]
30 Nov 2017, 5:17 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals accepted a consent disposition for the following misconduct In brief, after the client had pleaded guilty and been convicted of burglary in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia, the United States Department... [read post]
