Legal Opinion
In Re Edelstein
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 2006No. 02-BG-71PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REID, Associate Judge:
In this reciprocal discipline case, the Board on Professional Responsibility (“the Board”) has recommended that Respondent, George Edelstein, be disbarred based on discipline imposed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Edelstein takes exception to the Board’s recommendation, claiming primarily that reciprocal discipline should not have been imposed under D.C. Bar R. XI, § 11(c)(1) and (2) because the New York ethics process violated his constitutional right to due process, and because there was an “infirmity of proof’ with…
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