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19 Jan 2022, 10:17 am
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility has adopted findings of fact and conclusions of law of a hearing committee and recommended disbarment for intentional misappropriation Hearing Committee Number Eight has recommended that Respondent be disbarred for repeated intentional... [read post]
19 Jun 2017, 11:24 am
A District of Columbia Hearing Committee has recommended a suspension with reinstatement on a showing of fitness for Larry Klayman in a ethics matter brought by Judicial Watch Respondent Larry E. [read post]
23 Jul 2016, 5:29 am
The District of Columbia Office of Disciplinary Counsel has informally admonished an attorney who engaged in a conflict of interest by representing the husband in a divorce case after a consultation with the wife. [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]
12 Feb 2015, 6:44 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of claims brought by a former Wiley Rein employee against the firm. [read post]
12 Dec 2017, 12:50 pm
An Ad Hoc District of Columbia Hearing Committee correctly decried the sorry state of default procedures in bar discipline matters and, in my view, articulated a truth about a defective process that does nothing but delay proceedings and fails to... [read post]
3 Jul 2019, 6:49 am
It is my fervent hope that the last of these cases from the prior administration of the District of Columbia Disciplinary Counsel - serious matters where the ODC took eight or so years to file charges - are coming to... [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 5:58 am
Those who are interested in the fair and efficient operation of the District of Columbia attorney discipline system should take note of a case now pending before the D. [read post]
2 May 2013, 8:22 am
We reported on a March 28 decision of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that held prospectively that, when an attorney promptly learns of a dispute over funds disbursed as legal fees, the attorney must return the funds to... [read post]
30 May 2017, 2:32 pm
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit remanded a dispute over fee-shifting in a case where a law firm that collected on student loans got sued In order to pursue a Master’s degree in Computer... [read post]
27 Apr 2020, 1:49 pm
A District of Columbia ad hoc hearing committee has approved a consent disposition of a matter referred to the disciplinary system as a result of a criminal conviction. [read post]
18 Oct 2018, 5:47 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals agreed with its Board on Professional Responsibility that a one-year suspension was appropriate for an attorney's false assertions in a motion to recuse a judge but rejected the Board's proposed fitness requirement. [read post]
19 Jun 2014, 4:13 am
A District of Columbia Hearing Committee has recommended that two attorneys be suspended with proof of fitness for misconduct in a medical malpractice case. [read post]
19 Dec 2023, 1:06 pm
A District of Columbia Hearing Committee has recommended disbarment of an attorney for his handling of settlement proceeds received on behalf of a client who is a raisin producer. [read post]
21 May 2015, 4:31 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals stayed an order of disbarment and imposed a three-year period of probation for misconduct that included reckless or intentional misappropriation. [read post]
15 Aug 2015, 4:33 pm
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the conviction of a well-known D.C. criminal defense attorney but reversed the conviction of one of his his investigator co-defendants as a result of the prosecutor's Brady... [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 7:25 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments this Friday (November 13th) in a case described in a June 2008 report reprinted below from Law.com: In March, a D.C. [read post]
19 May 2018, 6:07 am
The bar discipline matter In re Seth Robbins was argued before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals last Thursday. [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]
8 Jun 2015, 4:21 am
A District of Columbia Hearing Committee has recommended a one-year suspension with automatic reinstatement of an attorney admitted in 2002 for misconduct in failing to pay third-party providers of services in personal injury matters. [read post]
