Legal Opinion
In Re Schlemmer
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 17, 2005No. 04-BG-707PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REID, Associate Judge:
The Board on Professional Responsibility (“the Board”) has recommended that respondent, Donald L. Schlemmer, be reprimanded for violating (1) Rule 1.3(a) of the Rules of Professional Conduct when he failed to file an appeal, as requested by his client, after the Immigration Court denied the client’s requests to withhold deportation and to grant him asylum, and (2) Rule 1.4(a) when he failed to inform his client that the appeal had not been filed. Mr. Schlemmer contended that the client paid only $320 of the required $625 down payment, and that he had told the client that…
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