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9 Jun 2022, 10:37 am
"Flagrant dishonesty" merits disbarment, according to an opinion issued today by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. [read post]
7 Mar 2024, 7:24 am
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]
13 Aug 2015, 9:45 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals suspended an immigration attorney who had engaged in persistent neglect and lied in bar proceedings for two years. [read post]
14 Dec 2017, 5:57 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals accepted negotiated discipline in a case that took a little over a year from soup to nuts. [read post]
2 Apr 2015, 4:26 am
A 90-day suspension with fitness was imposed by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for an unauthorized communication with a represented party and dishonesty the Board on Professional Responsibility (“Board”) recommended that respondent be suspended for a period of... [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 7:33 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has held that a criminal prosecutor violated ethical obligations of disclosure under Rule 3.8 but nonetheless concluded that no discipline should be imposed. [read post]
16 Apr 2020, 5:40 am
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]
4 Feb 2016, 6:24 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has squarely rejected the call for leniency by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel in In re Murdter - a case where the attorney failed to file briefs in five appointed criminal appeals. [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 5:16 am
Last week the District of Columbia Court of Appeals imposed reciprocal discipline for misconduct that it has never (so far as I am aware) sanctioned in an original case - the failure to pay court-ordered child support. [read post]
12 Jun 2020, 12:41 pm
The District of Columbia Disciplinary Counsel has filed ethics charges alleging that two Assistant United States Attorneys violated their disclosure obligations in the high profile criminal trial of the accused murderer of Chandra Levy. [read post]
1 Jun 2021, 4:32 am
According to the web page of the District of Columbia Bar, a disciplinary hearing is scheduled to begin this morning at 9:30 am in In re Brenda Wagner, DN. 20- BD - 059. [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]
3 Jul 2020, 9:01 am
A recent opinion of the District of Columbia Bar's Legal Ethics Committee Ethics Opinion 378 Acceptance of Cryptocurrency as Payment for Legal Fees Introduction It is not unethical for a lawyer to accept cryptocurrency in lieu of more traditional forms... [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 5:54 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's denial of a motion to vacate an arbitration award that had resolved competing claims to attorneys' fees in a California litigation. [read post]
7 Sep 2023, 2:45 pm
A District of Columbia Hearing Committee has recommended disbarment of an attorney whose client was mistakenly paid with funds intended to pay off a mortgage and had refused to return the funds. [read post]
9 Mar 2017, 7:57 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has held that an attorney's failure to preserve her objections to discipline waived the claims In a three-page brief in this court, Ms. [read post]
31 Jul 2017, 2:59 am
When it comes to sanctions for unauthorized use of entrusted funds, labels matter in the District of Columbia. [read post]
22 Sep 2022, 6:14 am
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility will hear oral argument today at 2 pm in the bar discipline matter brought against two prosecutors of the high profile Chandra Levy murder. [read post]
29 Jul 2016, 6:41 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has imposed a reciprocal 30 month suspension of an attorney based on discipline imposed by the Louisiana Supreme Court. [read post]
30 Jun 2021, 3:11 pm
The District of Columbia Office of Disciplinary Counsel and Kevin Clinesmith have submitted a proposed one year suspension by consent for conduct that had led to a federal false statement conviction Disciplinary Counsel docketed this matter for investigation in December... [read post]
