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11 May 2017, 5:20 pm
The three most significant players in the operation of the District of Columbia Bar and the attorney discipline system are the Bar's Chief Executive Officer, the Disciplinary Counsel and the Executive Attorney to the Board on Professional Responsibility. [read post]
29 Nov 2012, 7:16 am
In a display of efficiency all too uncommon in the D.C. bar disciplinary system, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals imposed reciprocal discipline in seven matters without referring a single one to the Board on Professional Responsibility ("BPR"). [read post]
6 Feb 2018, 11:55 am
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility recommends a 90-day suspension - but with automatic reinstatement - of Larry Klayman for his misconduct toward former client Judicial Watch Although Respondent did not engage in dishonesty in either the underlying... [read post]
23 Dec 2016, 4:59 am
The trend that gives me the most hope for the future of the District of Columbia bar discipline system has been the recent upswing in cases where the Board on Professional Responsibility promptly issues a short summary report adopting the... [read post]
1 Aug 2013, 5:06 am
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility has recommended a suspension of 30 days of an Assistant United States Attorney who had failed to provide a witness statement to the defense in a case involving a drive-by shooting. [read post]
19 Jan 2016, 7:51 am
Free entertainment is available in a disciplinary hearing scheduled next week in a District of Columbia bar matter. [read post]
6 Oct 2018, 4:31 am
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility agreed with a Hearing Committee and recommends disbarment of an attorney for ethical violations that include reckless misappropriation. [read post]
21 Apr 2017, 2:14 pm
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility has reprimanded an attorney who in the course of defending a client in a bar disciplinary hearing violated his duty of confidentiality to another client. [read post]
13 May 2021, 8:01 am
A prominent District of Columbia criminal defense attorney has filed a motion for consent disbarment that has been approved by the Board on Professional Responsibility. [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]
29 Nov 2018, 1:52 pm
In a highly unusual decision, a division of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals took back a disbarment it ordered in March and made it a one-year suspension. [read post]
4 Oct 2016, 3:12 pm
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility has amended its rules governing negotiated dispositions. [read post]
7 Jul 2017, 3:07 am
When the American Bar Association promulgated the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the District of Columbia Bar responded with a version that departed in a number of significant ways from the ABA Model. [read post]
31 Oct 2017, 7:38 am
A decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Over two decades ago, the Department of Justice sent a proposed termination letter to one of its Assistant United States Attorneys (“the Assistant”) working in... [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]
10 Nov 2011, 5:49 am
The District of Columbia Bar has posted a notice for comments on proposed revisions to the D.C. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 8:01 am
An attorney who had consented to disbarment in the District of Columbia has managed to persuade New York to impose lesser reciprocal discipline. [read post]
28 Feb 2020, 8:23 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals will hear oral argument on April 9 in a bar discipline matter that will have (I believe) one unique feature - both Disciplinary Counsel and counsel for the Respondent are former chairs of... [read post]
31 Jul 2014, 9:47 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals took the rare step of rejecting an uncontested sanction recommendation in a matter involving neglect and related violations by an attorney appointed to represent an indigent client. [read post]
1 Sep 2017, 6:27 am
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility recommends a two-year suspension with fitness for misconduct in an estate matter On August 28, 2000, Judge [Cheryl] Long appointed Respondent to serve as Personal Representative of the Estate of Arnold Lindsey... [read post]
