Case Name: In the Matter of Michael J. MASON. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Bar Registration No. 358684
Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 2008-05-08
Citations: 947 A.2d 1142
Docket Number: No. 05-BG-537
Parties: In the Matter of Michael J. MASON. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Bar Registration No. 358684.
Judges: BEFORE: GLICKMAN and KRAMER, Associate Judges; and BELSON, Senior Judge.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 947
Pages: 1142–1143

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Michael J. MASON. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Bar Registration No. 358684.
No. 05-BG-537.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
May 8, 2008.
BEFORE: GLICKMAN and KRAMER, Associate Judges; and BELSON, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
On consideration of the affidavit of Michael J. Mason, wherein he consents to disbarment from the Bar of the District of Columbia pursuant to § 12 of Rule XI of the Rules Governing the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which affidavit has been filed with the Clerk of this Court, the report and recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility with respect thereto, it is this 8th day of May, 2008,
ORDERED that the said Michael J. Mason is hereby disbarred by consent effective forthwith. The effective date of respondent's disbarment should run, for reinstatement purposes, from the date respondent files his affidavit pursuant to D.C. Bar Rule XI, § 14(g). It is
FURTHER ORDERED that Bar Counsel's petition for discipline based upon respondent's conviction and guilty plea in the Circuit Court for Farquier County, Commonwealth of Virginia is hereby dismissed as moot.
The Clerk shall publish this order, but the affidavit shall not be publicly disclosed or otherwise made available except upon order of the Court or upon written consent of the respondent.
The Clerk shall cause a copy of this order to be transmitted to the Chairman of the Board on Professional Responsibility and to the respondent, thereby giving him notice of the provisions of Rule XI, § 14 and 16, which set forth certain rights and responsibilities of disbarred attorney and the effect of failure to comply therewith.