Legal Opinion
In Re Berger
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 16, 1999No. 97-BG-1979, 97-BG-1980PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge.
In both of these reciprocal discipline matters, one from New Jersey, and the second from Maryland, the Board on Professional Responsibility (“Board”) has recommended that the court depart from the presumption of imposing identical sanction in a reciprocal discipline proceeding, by omitting a fitness requirement 1 upon the completion of respondents’ suspensions imposed as part of the sanctions in New Jersey and Maryland. The Board reasons that the fitness requirement would represent “substantially different discipline” from that which we would impose had these matters…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Matter of AddamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- In Re ZilberbergDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- In Re RebackDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- In Re RoundtreeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Attorney Grievance Commission v. AwuahCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
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3Cited by34 opinions
- In Re HallmarkDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
- In Re ChildressDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
- Attorney Grievance Commission v. AwuahCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2003
- In Re PenningtonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
- In Re GubermanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009
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