Legal Opinion
In Re Rivlin
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 5, 2004No. 02-BG-1178PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
The Board on Professional Responsibility (“Board”) has unanimously recommended that respondent Lewis A. Rivlin, a member of our Bar, be disbarred. The Board found that Respondent intentionally or recklessly misappropriated thousands upon thousands of dollars entrusted to him. In In re Addams, 579 A.2d 190, 191 (D.C.1990), the en banc court set forth the principle applicable here: “We now reaffirm that in virtually all cases of misappropriation, disbarment will be the only appropriate sanction unless it appears that the misconduct resulted from nothing more than simple negligence.” We have…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Matter of AddamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- In Re AndersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
- Matter of ShorterDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- In Re HarrisonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- In Re HesslerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
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3Cited by5 opinions
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