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31 Jul 2014, 9:47 am by Legal Profession Prof
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]
2 May 2019, 5:39 am by Legal Profession Prof
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]
7 Oct 2021, 5:35 am by Legal Profession Prof
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]
29 Oct 2021, 4:54 am by Legal Profession Prof
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]
28 Sep 2017, 5:41 am by Legal Profession Prof
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 by Legal Profession Prof
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]
9 Mar 2017, 7:57 am by Legal Profession Prof
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]
10 Dec 2020, 7:15 am by Legal Profession Prof
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 Sep 2013, 10:34 am by Legal Profession Prof
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]
26 Dec 2019, 4:03 am by Legal Profession Prof
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]
27 Mar 2018, 10:59 am by Legal Profession Prof
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Benghazi- inspired litigation Sean Smith and Tyrone Woods tragically perished in the September 11, 2012, attacks on United States facilities in Benghazi, Libya. [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 6:58 am by Legal Profession Prof
A decision issued today by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit When Charles Erwin, a commercial airline pilot with a diagnosed alcohol dependence, tested positive for alcohol, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) withdrew his... [read post]
25 Mar 2021, 7:03 am by Legal Profession Prof
An unusual decision of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals accepted an attorney's consent to disbarment despite the undeniable fact that he had not formally consented to disbarment but had emailed the following to Disciplinary Counsel in April 2017... [read post]
12 Mar 2015, 6:20 am by Legal Profession Prof
In an unusual summary order, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals imposed a six-month suspension of an attorney for negligent misappropriation. [read post]
26 Oct 2017, 5:56 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has reinstated with conditions an attorney suspended with fitness The attorney's disciplinary record As the Hearing Committee found, the foregoing instances of misconduct “involved a consistent pattern of neglect, including the failure to... [read post]
22 Jul 2017, 3:22 pm by Legal Profession Prof
A divided United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld an interpretation of the airplane smoking ban prohibiting inflight use of electronic cigarettes. [read post]
9 Jun 2022, 10:37 am by Legal Profession Prof
"Flagrant dishonesty" merits disbarment, according to an opinion issued today by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 6:24 am by Legal Profession
In a 48 page opinion, a division of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals has disbarred former federal prosecutor G. [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 5:16 am by Legal Profession Prof
Last week the District of Columbia Court of Appeals imposed reciprocal discipline for misconduct that it has never (so far as I am aware) sanctioned in an original case - the failure to pay court-ordered child support. [read post]
24 Dec 2014, 8:18 am by Legal Profession Prof
A 30-day suspension with fitness has been imposed by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals based on findings that the attorney violated Rules 3.1 and 8.4(d) through a pattern of baseless and frivolous litigation. [read post]