Legal Opinion
In Re Ross
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 18, 1995No. 94-BG-22PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge.
The Board on Professional Responsibility has recommended that respondent, a member of our bar, be suspended from the practice of law for thirty days for violating Rule 1.15(a) of the Rules of Professional Conduct, which prohibits commingling funds, and Rule 1.15(b), which requires an attorney to advise a third party of settlement proceeds in his or her possession and to pay over those proceeds promptly upon settlement. The hearing committee, concluding that there were mitigating circumstances, proposed that respondent be publicly censured. The Board agreed with the…
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3Cited by21 opinions
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