Case Name: IN RE Alex CONSTANTOPES An Administratively Suspended Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Bar Registration No. 448866)
Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 2017-12-07
Citations: 174 A.3d 257
Docket Number: No. 17–BG–688
Parties: IN RE Alex CONSTANTOPES
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 174
Pages: 257–258

Head Matter:
IN RE Alex CONSTANTOPES
An Administratively Suspended Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Bar Registration No. 448866)
No. 17-BG-688
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
FILED-December 7, 2017
ORDER

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
On consideration of the certified order disbarring respondent from the practice of law in the state of New York; this court's July 21, 2017, order temporarily suspending respondent in this case and directing him to show cause why identical reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; and the motion of Disciplinary Counsel to late file its lodged statement regarding reciprocal discipline; and it appearing that respondent did not file a response to this court's show cause order or the required D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit, it is
ORDERED that the motion of Disciplinary Counsel is granted and the statement regarding reciprocal discipline is hereby filed. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that Alex Constantopes is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia. See In re Sibley , 990 A.2d 483, 487-88 (D.C. 2010) (explaining that the presumption of identical discipline in D.C. Bar R. XI, § 11 (c) will prevail except in "rare" cases); In re Cole , 809 A.2d 1226, 1227 n.3 (D.C. 2002) (explaining that in unopposed reciprocal matters the "imposition of identical discipline should be close to automatic"). It is
FURTHER ORDERED that for the purposes of reinstatement the time for reinstatement will not begin to run until such time as respondent files a D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit.