In re Smith

On July 30, 2003, the Court of Appeals of Maryland disbarred respondent, Scott G. Smith, a member of the bar of this court.1 Bar Counsel notified us of this action and we temporarily suspended respondent on September 17, 2003, pursuant to D.C. Bar R. XI, § 11(d), and referred the matter to the Board on Professional Responsibility (“Board”) for a determination of whether identical, greater, or lesser discipline should be imposed as reciprocal discipline, or whether the Board. would proceed de novo.2

The disciplinary petition in Maryland was founded on four separate complaints. It charged…