Legal Opinion
In Re Pleshaw
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 12, 2010No. 09-BG-931PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAMER, Associate Judge:
This case once again presents the question whether a conservator’s misappropriation of estate funds involved “mere negligence” or recklessness. If we conclude that the respondent acted with more than “mere negligence,” we are bound to disbar him under In re Addarns. 1 We so conclude.
Following two days of hearings, respondent Robert Pleshaw was found to have violated thirteen disciplinary rules in his handling of matters for three different clients. The most egregious violation was the misappropriation of conservator funds, 2 which the hearing committee concluded was…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Matter of AddamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- In Re GoffeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- In Re MicheelDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- In Re AndersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
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3Cited by11 opinions
- In Re HewettDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2011
- In re RobinsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2013
- In re AhaghotuDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2013
- In Re Harris-LindseyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2011
- Attorney Grievance Commission v. PleshawCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2011
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