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28 Apr 2017, 1:08 pm
A District of Columbia Hearing Committee proposes a three-year suspension with fitness - not disbarment - for a truly horrific course of unethical conduct in failing to prosecute a medical malpractice/wrongful death case. [read post]
28 Jul 2014, 8:27 am
The District of Columbia Bar Legal Ethics Committee has a new opinion on an important real-world issue When a lawyer is seeking employment with an entity or person adverse to his client, or with the adversary's lawyer, a conflict of... [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]
14 Jul 2015, 1:50 pm
A District of Columbia Hearing Committee recently filed a report and recommendation for misconduct in two immigration matters. [read post]
23 Feb 2017, 5:02 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals reciprocally disbarred an attorney convicted of tax offenses and disbarred in New York. [read post]
3 Nov 2014, 9:43 am
The story of the attorney who the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility deemed to be fit to practice gets worse and worse. [read post]
9 Jun 2009, 10:18 am
An interesting stipulated disposition from the District of Columbia has led to a recommended 60 day suspension, which will be sent to the Court of Appeals for final action. [read post]
12 Jan 2015, 6:11 am
Back when the District of Columbia was considering a rule revision to permit Bar Counsel to negotiate consent disposition in cases other than consent to disbarment, the bleating mantra of the Bar Insiders on the study committee (personified by former... [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 6:35 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has accepted the consent disbarment of prominent criminal defense attorney Bernie Grimm. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 6:36 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals agreed with its Board on Professional Responsibility that a three-year suspension with fitness, rather than disbarment, was the appropriate sanction for a former Holland & Knight attorney. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 5:29 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has imposed reciprocal discipline based on an attorney's Massachusetts suspension. [read post]
9 Aug 2016, 8:30 am
A District of Columbia Hearing Committee has approved a consent disposition of a two-year suspension with fitness of an attorney for negligent misappropriation and related misconduct. [read post]
23 May 2018, 1:19 pm
In a case that received a high degree of notoriety in a dimly-remembered past, the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility rejected a non-suspensory sanction proposed by a hearing committee and unopposed by Disciplinary Counsel in favor of a... [read post]
21 Nov 2013, 6:34 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has ordered disbarment of an attorney convicted of obstruction of justice and other offenses. [read post]
17 Aug 2017, 4:54 am
Bravo to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for efficiently disbarring an attorney who had not excepted to a disbarment recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility. [read post]
17 Aug 2021, 1:03 pm
The shocking news that high profile criminal defense counsel was disbarred by consent in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals did not come with any information about the reason for accepting the ultimate sanction. [read post]
14 Mar 2018, 11:15 am
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility has approved the consent disbarment of former Akin Gump partner Jeffrey Wertkin. [read post]
13 Oct 2017, 5:26 am
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility is scheduled to hear oral argument in the disciplinary matter involving Larry Klayman. [read post]
19 Jun 2018, 12:09 pm
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a corporate attorney-client privilege claim In 2008, a patent negotiation occurred between Boehringer (the name brand with the patent) and Barr (the generic seeking to challenge the... [read post]
12 May 2016, 1:47 pm
Sometimes (but not with any frequency) some component part of the District of Columbia disciplinary system performs in a manner that merits effusive praise. [read post]
