Case Name: IN RE Jonathan K. FRIEDLANDER. An Inactive Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 2017-09-28
Citations: 170 A.3d 169
Docket Number: No. 17-BG-535
Parties: IN RE Jonathan K. FRIEDLANDER An Inactive Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Judges: BEFORE: Beckwith, Associate Judge, and Steadman and Reid, Senior Judges.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 170
Pages: 169–170

Head Matter:
IN RE Jonathan K. FRIEDLANDER An Inactive Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
No. 17-BG-535
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
(Filed September 28, 2017)
Bar Reg. No. 433895
BEFORE: Beckwith, Associate Judge, and Steadman and Reid, Senior Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
On consideration of the certified order of the Maryland Court of Appeals disbarring respondent from the practice of law in the state of Maryland by consent; this court's June 9, 2017, order temporarily suspending respondent and directing him to show cause why identical reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; the statement of Disciplinary Counsel regarding reciprocal discipline; respondent's response in which he does not oppose identical reciprocal discipline; and it appearing that respondent filed the required D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit on July 6,2017, it is
, ORDERED that Jonathan K. Friedlan-der is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia nunc pro tunc to July 6, 2017. 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").