In re McBride

We are called upon to consider a Report and Recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility that respondent be disbarred from the practice of law. The Board found that respondent was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia of one count of aiding and abetting a client to commit passport fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028(a)(4) (1988). The Board also concluded that this offense involves moral turpitude, thus requiring disbarment pursuant to D.C.Code § ll-2503(a) (1989).

We accept the Board’s findings of fact as supported by substantial evidence,…