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2 May 2019, 5:39 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals devoted a day to bar discipline, issuing six opinions that include accepting an 18-month consent discipline and a number of reciprocal discipline matters . [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 5:02 am
The Legal Ethics Committee of the District of Columbia Bar has just issued an opinion on the circumstances under which a lawyer may accept a fee for referring a client to a non-lawyer entity: A lawyer who refers a client... [read post]
7 Oct 2021, 5:35 am
The oral argument held yesterday in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in In re Mensah is now available on the court's web page. [read post]
19 Feb 2019, 1:28 pm
An Ad Hoc District of Columbia Hearing Committee has recommended approval of a negotiated discipline agreement that would suspend the attorney for 18 months and require proof of fitness prior to reinstatement. [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]
16 Mar 2023, 6:37 am
Enforcing its strict rule concerning sanctions for intentional or reckless misappropriation, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals converted a six months and a day Nevada suspension into a reciprocal disbarment Although respondent asserts that he was not found to... [read post]
8 Sep 2021, 8:20 am
A Hearing Committee of the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility concluded that the D.C. [read post]
28 Sep 2017, 5:41 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals reversed a tampering conviction because of the exclusion of a potential juror who had expressed concern about the treatment of black men in the criminal justice system During jury selection, the trial court... [read post]
3 Aug 2023, 6:45 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has imposed a six-month suspension of an attorney The Board on Professional Responsibility recommends that we suspend respondent Benjamin M. [read post]
2 Aug 2011, 9:30 am
Another day and more proof that consent discipline will never work in the District of Columbia. [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]
17 Jun 2015, 3:34 am
An attorney who had served as a hearing committee member in the District of Columbia bar disciplinary system now faces a possible six-month suspension as recommended by an Ad Hoc Hearing Committee for his mishandling of a personal injury matter... [read post]
23 Jun 2015, 2:14 pm
An attorney charged with federal offenses in New York has consented to disbarment in the District of Columbia. [read post]
10 Dec 2020, 7:15 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has resolved a matter with as tortured a history as any in the long and tortured history of the bar disciplinary system. [read post]
19 Nov 2018, 4:05 am
A District of Columbia Ad Hoc Hearing Committee addresses the ethical implications of advanced fees in an attorney's handling of two immigration matters and recommends the disbarment of the attorney. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 5:46 am
., stipulated dispositions in the District of Columbia bar disciplinary system. [read post]
19 Sep 2013, 10:34 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has affirmed an order to arbitrate a dispute between a former partner of K &L Gates and the firm. [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]
8 Jul 2010, 4:49 am
The Legal Ethics Committee of the District of Columbia Bar has issued an opinion explaining the proper handling of flat fees. the opinion considers the impact of a recent opinion of the D.C. [read post]
26 Dec 2019, 4:03 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals rejected Disciplinary Counsel's call to increase the sanction in a matter where the Board of Professional Responsibility had imposed an informal admonition. [read post]
