Legal Opinion
Matter of Dory
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 5, 1987No. 87-330PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
This matter is before the court on the Report and Recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility (the Board). After consideration of the Report of a Hearing Committee (Committee), the Board found that respondent had neglected a legal matter entrusted to him in representing Mr. John McLaughlin (DR 6-101(A)(3)), and that he had failed to seek his client’s lawful objectives and to carry out an employment contract for legal services (DR 7-101(A)(l) and (2)).2 Rejecting the Committee’s proposal of a six-month suspension, the Board recommends a thirty-day suspension and restitution in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re RebackDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Matter of KeilerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- In Re StantonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
3Cited by26 opinions
- In Re PeekDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- In Re LylesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- In Re LewisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- In Re OntellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- In Re DunietzDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
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