In re Lifshitz

In response to this court’s show cause order as to why he should not be disbarred in this reciprocal discipline matter, respondent Menachem E. Lifshitz requested that his sanction be less severe, and that at any rate, the sanction be effective nunc pro tunc to November 20, 2008, the effective date of his disbarment in the State of New York. Pursuant to D.C. Bar R. XI, § 11 (d), Disciplinary Counsel recommends disbarment, to run nunc pro tunc to July 28, 2016, the date of Mr. Lifshitz’s interim suspension in this jurisdiction. For the reasons stated below, Mr. Lifshitz is disbarred, effective…