Legal Opinion
In Re Brown
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 4, 1992No. 90-SP-243PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Petitioner seeks to be reinstated as a member of the bar of the District of Columbia after having consented to disbarment in 1981. 1 The hearing committee that held hearings on the petition for reinstatement, the Board on Professional Responsibility, and Bar Counsel all oppose reinstatement. The sole issue before this court 2 is whether petitioner has shown by clear and convincing evidence that he is fit to resume the practice of law. We hold that petitioner has not met this burden because, in testifying before the hearing committee, he failed to admit that he had…
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- Matter of WilliamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- In Re the Reinstatement of PETERSONSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
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