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8 Mar 2012, 6:24 am
In a 48 page opinion, a division of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals has disbarred former federal prosecutor G. [read post]
24 Jul 2018, 4:00 pm
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility recently adopted a hearing committee report proposing a one-year suspension with fitness for an attorney's mishandling of a series of petitions filed on behalf of a married couple in United States Tax... [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 3:56 am
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility concludes that a sex offense inherently involves moral turpitude and merits disbarment. [read post]
28 Feb 2020, 3:21 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals reduced a California disbarment to a 30-day suspension with a fitness requirement The Supreme Court of California disbarred the respondent on September 23, 2015, for defaulting in a disciplinary proceeding in which he... [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]
5 Oct 2011, 1:37 pm
The District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee is proposing changes in the D.C. ethics rules. [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]
29 Oct 2021, 4:54 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals declined an attorney's request to defer discipline pending the outcome of bar proceedings in California. [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]
25 Aug 2022, 6:56 am
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]
1 Aug 2018, 5:22 pm
In In re Addams, a divided en banc District of Columbia Court of Appeals held that disbarment is the required sanction for intentional or reckless misappropriation absent extraordinary circumstances. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 10:58 am
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]
2 Oct 2017, 7:31 am
A majority of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the main upheld findings by the SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission found that Francis Lorenzo sent email messages to investors containing misrepresentations about... [read post]
7 Jun 2019, 5:23 am
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]
10 Nov 2020, 12:25 pm
A District of Columbia Hearbing Committee has approved a petition for negotiated discipline recommending an 18-month suspension of an attorney for admitted violations of the duty of confidentiality and dishonesty. [read post]
5 Aug 2017, 5:38 am
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility rejected an attorney 's request for confidential discipline for a violation of the duty to communicate with a client It is undisputed that Respondent violated Rule 1.4(a). [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]
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]
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]
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]
