Case Name: IN RE Jeff GODFREY. A 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: 2017-12-21
Citations: 175 A.3d 623
Docket Number: No. 17-BG-861
Parties: IN RE Jeff GODFREY A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Judges: BEFORE: Glickman and McLeese, Associate Judges, and Steadman, Senior Judge.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 175
Pages: 623–623

Head Matter:
IN RE Jeff GODFREY A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
No. 17-BG-861
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
(FILED—December 21, 2017)
Bar Reg. No. 989724
BEFORE: Glickman and McLeese, Associate Judges, and Steadman, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
On consideration of the certified order annulling respondent's license to practice law in the state of West Virginia; this, court's October 10,2017, order temporarily suspending respondent and directing him to show cause why .the functionally equivalent reciprocal discipline of disbarment should not be imposed; and the statement of Disciplinary Counsel regarding reciprocal discipline; it appearing that respondent did not file a response to the show cause order or the required D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit; and it further appearing that respondent has failed to inform the District of Columbia bar of his current address, it is
ORDERED that Jeff Godfrey 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.