In re Nathaniel H. Speights

The Board on Professional Responsibility (the Board) has recommended that respondent Nathaniel H. Speights be suspended from the practice of law in the District of Columbia for two years, and be required to prove fitness before reinstatement. In arriving at that recommendation, the Board adopted the findings of fact and conclusions of law of a Hearing Committee which determined that respondent, while acting as personal representative of the Estate of Arnold Lindsey, had violated Rules 1.1 (a), 1.1 (b), 1.3 (a), 1.3 (c), and 8.4 (d) of the District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct.…