Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Brown

We adopt the findings and conclusions of the board, but we determine that disbarment is the appropriate sanction in this case. In Part I, we demonstrate that our decision to disbar respondent in this case comports with sanctions we have imposed in previous cases involving comparable ethical violations. In Part II, we support our determination with the methodology employed in the ABA Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions, which closely track guidelines for sanctions that were recently proposed for adoption by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court.

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