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31 Jul 2017, 3:16 pm
What may be the longest and strangest tale in the long strange trip of the District of Columbia disciplinary system may be nearing an end with the release of the report of a fractured Board on Professional Responsibility in In... [read post]
27 Aug 2012, 7:46 am
In the District of Columbia, a disciplinary hearing committee consists of two lawyers and one layperson. [read post]
22 Feb 2021, 1:19 pm
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility concludes that a lawyer convicted of distribution of child pornography had not committed a crime of moral turpitude per se but nonetheless should be disbarred without a hearing. [read post]
30 Jul 2015, 4:48 am
A divided United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a conviction in a criminal case where lead defense counsel took ill mid-trial and was replaced by secondary counsel who had not attended all the proceedings.... [read post]
6 Aug 2015, 8:43 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals found that there was not an obvious miscarriage of justice in imposing reciprocal discipline based on an attorney's disbarment in Alabama. [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]
26 Jan 2012, 5:46 am
., stipulated dispositions in the District of Columbia bar disciplinary system. [read post]
28 Dec 2023, 7:29 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals vacated a finding of undue influence and remanded in light of its clarification of the appropriate standard Danny Divver was a financial adviser and insurance broker whose now-deceased client, Marianne Delin, left him... [read post]
16 May 2024, 7:39 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals imposed a 30-day suspension with fitness based on findings of failure to maintain records, commingling and serious interference with the administration of justice. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 6:04 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals adopted the proposed sanctions of its Board on Professional Responsibility that a thieving partner of a law firm be disbarred and that the more senior partner who had failed to supervise him be... [read post]
15 Sep 2018, 9:48 am
When a member of the District of Columbia Bar pleads guilty to or is adjudicated guilty of a crime, the following provisions of D.C. [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]
17 Jun 2021, 6:35 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has accepted the consent disbarment of prominent criminal defense attorney Bernie Grimm. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 6:34 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has imposed reciprocal discipline of a two year suspension with all but 120 days stayed in a matter involving noted attorney and author Pierce O'Donnell. [read post]
8 Mar 2018, 5:53 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals - over a dissent - affirmed a voyeurism conviction Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence established that shortly after midnight on January 6, 2015, Shirley Cartwright and her... [read post]
15 Apr 2020, 6:33 am
A 50 year old murder conviction was reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit based on the use of discredited hair analysis testimony at the trial. [read post]
10 Nov 2016, 4:28 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has affirmed a second-degree murder conviction on the basis of the "urban gun battle" theory of causation. [read post]
15 Dec 2016, 8:59 am
A recent informal admonition posted on the web page of the District of Columbia Bar We opened an investigation based upon a review of the Memorandum Opinion and Order in United States v. [read post]
2 Apr 2018, 6:45 am
This May will be an unusually busy bar discipline month for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals with five - count em - five such matters on the oral argument calendar. [read post]
6 Feb 2014, 5:25 am
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has affirmed the divorce decree, initial custody and visitation orders in a domestic dispute that involved the twin sister of Jill Kelley, noted for her role in the General Petraeus downfall. [read post]
