Legal Opinion
In Re Sumner
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 22, 2000No. 99-BG-1083PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Senior Judge:
In this reciprocal discipline case from Georgia, the Board on Professional Responsibility recommends that respondent, William E. Sumner, be disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia. Though properly served with notice of the proceedings in this jurisdiction, Sumner has failed to make any appearance contesting the imposition of reciprocal disbarment. We order his disbarment.
By order dated September 13, 1999, from the Supreme Court of Georgia, Sumner was disbarred from practicing law in that state. This disbarment was based on three notices of proposed…
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