Legal Opinion
In Re Polin
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 27, 1991No. 89-1443PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Senior Judge:
Applicant Steven Polin seeks admission to the Bar of the District of Columbia.1 After a hearing, the Committee on Admissions recommended that Polin be admitted despite his December, 1984 conviction for conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute it. Because of the serious nature of Polin’s criminal conduct, we ordered him to show cause why his application should not be denied, calling particular attention to the relatively short duration of his period of rehabilitation compared to those of the three applicants in In re Manville (Manville II), 538 A.2d 1128…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- In Re CasonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Application of MatthewsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1983
- In Re ManvilleDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- In Re MonaghanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1966
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Matter of DortchWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1997
- In Re PolinDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- In Re SobinDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- In Re MustafaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- In Re KleppinDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
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