In re Francis

Respondent, Ernest P. Francis, a member of the District of Columbia Bar since 1993, appeals the Board on Professional Responsibility’s (“the Board”) recommendation that, due to Francis’ violations of several rules of professional conduct in connection with his representation of Ms. Cenny Norris in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, he should be sanctioned by a thirty day suspension, stayed in favor of six-months of probation. Francis argues that: 1) in contravention of due process, he was not afforded adequate notice as to the conduct that constituted violations…