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1 Oct 2010, 5:54 am
If you want to get a sense of what is wrong with the attorney discipline regime in the District of Columbia (and do not wish to read my article on that subject in the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics), check... [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 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]
17 Oct 2018, 7:32 am
A decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the seemingly endless Cobell litigation In this unusual case, although the original plaintiffs are designated as appellants, the actual controversy on appeal is between... [read post]
19 Nov 2018, 11:10 am
An unfortunate error is acknowledged on the web page of the District of Columbia Bar NOTICE REGARDING THE JULY 2018 BAR EXAMINATION RESULTS November 13, 2018 The Office of the Committee on Admissions, in recording some of the scores for... [read post]
24 Sep 2009, 5:53 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has held that a flat fee paid to a lawyer remains the property of the client until it is earned, unless the client gives informed consent that permits the lawyer to take the... [read post]
18 Oct 2019, 12:12 pm
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals declined to order the fitness requirement proposed by its Board on Professional Responsibility and suspended an attorney for one year with automatic reinstatement The Office of Disciplinary Counsel (known until 2015 as the... [read post]
6 Jul 2016, 8:10 am
The District of Columbia Office of Bar (oops Disciplinary) Counsel has informally admonished an attorney for a violation of the duty of confidentiality. [read post]
7 Apr 2016, 5:11 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has reversed a plaintiff's judgment in a loss of contractual opportunity suit, holding that the plaintiff was a public figure and that the allegedly defamatory statements at issue were protected by the First... [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]
12 May 2015, 7:39 am
A former colleague brought to my attention this footnote in a 2005 District of Columbia Court of Appeals opinion that had rejected an attorney's claims based on a three-year delay in the filing of the hearing committee report Although we... [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 6:04 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals concluded that an attorney's video voyeurism was a crime of moral turpitude requiring disbarment. [read post]
4 Sep 2019, 5:12 am
The Washington Lawyer - the magazine of the District of Columbia Bar - is performing a wonderful service for its membership by republishing articles authored by the incomparable Jake Stein. [read post]
27 Jan 2017, 10:49 am
A District of Columbia Hearing Committee proposes a 60-day suspension of an attorney. [read post]
9 Nov 2015, 9:43 am
With much fanfare, the District of Columbia Bar has announced that it will build a monument to itself The D.C. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 8:52 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals approved a consent disposition and imposed a public censure on an attorney who engaged in an intimate relationship with former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick while serving as a court-appointed monitor of two consent... [read post]
22 Aug 2013, 6:52 am
A "well respected" longtime member of the bar has been suspended for seven months by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. [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]
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]
13 Jul 2016, 7:45 am
When the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility gets out a report in a matter involving a proposed disbarment in less than four months, I stand and applaud. [read post]
