Matter of Shorter

In 1985 a jury of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia convicted respondent John A. Shorter, Jr., a member of our bar, of one felony count of willful tax evasion, 26 U.S.C. § 7201 (1982), and six misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay taxes, 26 U.S.C. § 7208 (1982 & Supp. V 1987). 1 On January 10, 1986, finding that respondent had been convicted of a serious crime within the meaning of Bar Rule XI, § 15(1), (4) 2 law, we accordingly referred the matter to the Board on Professional Responsibility with instructions to institute proceedings “for determination of…