Legal Opinion

In re Sherryl V.R.S. Goffer a/k/a Sherryl Snodgrass Caffey

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided August 6, 2015No. 14-BG-5PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FISHER, Associate Judge:

When neither the respondent nor Bar Counsel opposes identical reciprocal discipline, “the imposition of identical discipline should be close to automatic, with minimum review by both the Board and this court.” In re Childress, 811 A.2d 805, 807 (D.C.2002) (quoting In re Cole, 809 A.2d 1226, 1227 n. 3 (D.C.2002)). At most, the reviewing body should examine “the foreign proceeding sufficiently to satisfy itself that no obvious miscarriage of justice would result [from] the imposition of identical discipline — a situation that we anticipate would rarely, if ever, present…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. In Re SpannDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
  2. In Re ChildressDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
  3. In Re ColeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
  4. In Re BergerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
  5. In Re JacobyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2008

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re GreenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2016
  2. IN RE H. FRANKLIN GREENDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2016

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