Legal Opinion
In Re Devaney
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 3, 2005No. 04-BG-918PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals Board on Professional Responsibility (“Board”) recommends that this court find that respondent, William B. Devaney, a member of the Bar of this court, be disbarred upon the ground that he violated Rules 1.1(a), 1.8(b), and 5.5(a) of the Rules of Professional Conduct. 1 Neither respondent Devaney nor the District of Columbia Bar Counsel challenges this recommendation.
The largely uncontested evidence presented to and accepted by the Hearing Committee and then the Board shows that in 1993, Mrs. Florence Welch executed a will drafted for her by Dale…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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