Legal Opinion
In Re Harper
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 8, 2001No. 99-BG-1359PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
The Board on Professional Responsibility has recommended that respondent be disbarred as reciprocal discipline for his disbarment by the Court of Appeals of Maryland. The “most significant and[, indeed, the] controlling factor” in the Board’s recommendation is that respondent took no part in the proceeding before the Board, a fact that we have held restricts the Board’s consideration of the propriety of imposing reciprocal discipline. See In re Spann, 711 A.2d 1262, 1265 (D.C.1998). In this court, respondent urges us to excuse his failure to oppose reciprocal…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- In Re GoldsboroughDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- In Re SpannDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
- In Re GardnerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- In Re BergerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
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3Cited by11 opinions
- In Re HoldmannDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
- In Re FuchsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2006
- In Re DemosDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2005
- In Re BarneysDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2004
- In Re LebowitzDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2008
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