In re Hest

This matter came before the Board on Professional Responsibility (“Board”) as a result of discipline imposed upon Bruce H. Hest (“Respondent”) by the Supreme Court of Florida,1 for ethical misconduct warranting such sanction from the Florida Bar.2

Bar Counsel, upon review of the Respondent’s Florida disciplinary record, recommended that reciprocal discipline be imposed and that the Respondent be disbarred in the District of Columbia. On October 31, 2002, the Board determined that reciprocal discipline in the form of disbarment should be imposed and recommended that the Respondent be disbarred.

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