Legal Opinion

In Re Fitzgerald

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided October 22, 2009No. 07-BG-1366PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, Associate Judge:

Respondent Desmond P. FitzGerald has been a member of the District of Columbia Bar, with inactive status, since January 8, 1999. On September 24, 2007, the Board of Bar Overseers of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (“Massachusetts Board”) issued an Order of Public Reprimand to respondent for violating Rules 1.1 (competence), 1.3 (diligence), 1.4 (communication), 1.7(b) (personal conflict of interest), and 1.16(a)(1) (failure to withdraw representation) of the Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct. 1 The Massachusetts Board notified Bar Counsel in…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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