Case Name: IN RE: Aleda SCHMUHL, Respondent
Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 2017-10-26
Citations: 171 A.3d 1146
Docket Number: No. 17-BG-534
Parties: IN RE: Aleda SCHMUHL, Respondent.
Judges: BEFORE: Beckwith and Easterly, Associate Judges, and Nebeker, Senior Judge.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 171
Pages: 1146–1146

Head Matter:
IN RE: Aleda SCHMUHL, Respondent.
Bar Registration No. 994974
No. 17-BG-534
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Filed October 26, 2017
BEFORE: Beckwith and Easterly, Associate Judges, and Nebeker, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
On consideration of the affidavit of Ale-da Schmuhl, wherein she consents to disbarment from the bar of the District of Columbia pursuant to § 12 of Rule XI of the Rules of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Governing the Bar of the District of Columbia, which affidavit has been filed with the Clerk of this court, and the report and recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility, and it appearing that this court issued an order temporarily suspending respondent from the practice of law in the District of Columbia, based on a reciprocal proceeding before the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoking the respondent's license to practice law, it is this 26th day of October 2017,
ORDERED that the said Aleda Schmuhl is hereby disbarred by consent, effective forthwith. The effective date of respondent's disbarment shall run, for reinstatement purposes, from the date respondent files her affidavit pursuant to D.C. Bar Rule XI, § 14 (g). It is
FURTHER ORDERED that the reciprocal matter pursuant to D.C. Bar Rule XI, § 11 (d) is hereby dismissed.
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 her notice of the provisions of Rule XI, §14 and 16, which set forth certain rights and responsibilities of disbarred attorneys and the effect of failure to comply therewith.