Legal Opinion
In Re Hutchinson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 19, 1984No. 83-1026PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
The question before us in this disciplinary proceeding is whether an attorney who has been convicted of a misdemeanor under 15 U.S.C. § 78ff(a) 1 and 17 C.F.R. § 240.14e-3(d)(l) 2 committed a “serious crime,” as that term is used in Rule XI, § 15 of our Rules Governing the Bar. If the answer to that question is yes, then the rule requires that the attorney be immediately suspended from the practice of law, pending final disposition of the disciplinary proceeding. We conclude that a misdemeanor violation of the regulation here at issue 3 is not per se a serious crime;…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Matter of ColsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Matter of DwyerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- In re CummingsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
3Cited by12 opinions
- In Re HutchinsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- In Re McBrideDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- In Re KerrDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- In Re SneedDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- In Re HutchinsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
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