Legal Opinion
Matter of Thorup
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1981No. M-42-80PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
Respondent, a member of the Bar of this court, was found by a Hearing Committee of the Board on Professional Responsibility (the Board) to have neglected a legal matter entrusted to him, a violation of Disciplinary Rule (J-IOIÍAXS). 1 The Board has adopted the Hearing Committee’s findings and now recommends that this court suspend respondent from the practice of law for six months. Concluding (1) that Bar Counsel failed to carry its burden of proof before the Hearing Committee, (2) that the burden of proof was improperly transferred to respondent, (3) that the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In Re RuffaloSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Matter of ColsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Matter of SmithDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Angarano v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- Thornton v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by35 opinions
- In Re RebackDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- In Re SlatteryDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
- Matter of WilliamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Matter of BurtonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- In Re BenjaminDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
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