Legal Opinion
Matter of Coury
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 22, 1987No. 86-849PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
Before us is a reciprocal discipline case. By order dated July 30, 1985, respondent was suspended in Virginia for seven years from the practice of law for repeated personal use of a client’s trust fund. Acting under our provision for reciprocal discipline, D.C. Bar R. XI, § 18, the Board on Professional Responsibility recommends that we impose an identical sanction, to run concurrently with his Virginia suspension. Respondent does not contest the recommendation.
This could have been a troublesome case. When we are imposing reciprocal discipline in its pure form, this court is required to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Matter of GoldbergDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Matter of VelasquezDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Matter of KerrDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Matter of WillcherDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- In Re BrickleDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
3Cited by22 opinions
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- In Re ZilberbergDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- In Re ZdravkovichDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
- In Re JacobyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2008
- In Re ReidDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
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