Legal Opinion
In Re Ponds
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 15, 2005No. 04-BG-27PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Senior Judge:
The Board on Professional Responsibility (“Board”) determined that respondent, Billy L. Ponds, violated Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct 1 1.7(b) 2 and 1.16(a)(1). 3 It recommends . a sixty-day suspension and “in view of the very lengthy [five-year] delay in the disposition of this case” that execution of the sixty-day suspension be stayed with a six-month period of unsupervised probation, with the requirement that Ponds complete a continuing legal education course on ethics or criminal practice covering conflicts of interest. 4
Respondent maintains that his conduct…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
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