Title: Matter of Staropoli
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 316, 2004
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: January 10, 2005

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
In the Matter of a  
 
 
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Member of the Bar of 
 
 
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the Supreme Court of 
 
 
)  No. 316, 2004 
the State of Delaware: 
 
 
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C. CURTIS STAROPOLI, 
 
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Respondent.  
 
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Submitted:  December 1, 2004 
Decided:  January 10, 2005 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and RIDGELY, Justices. 
O R D E R 
 
This 10th day of January 2005, it appears to the Court that: 
1. 
The Board on Professional Responsibility has filed a Report in this 
reciprocal disciplinary matter pursuant to Rule 9(d) of the Delaware Lawyers’ 
Rules of Disciplinary Procedure.  The Board recommended that the Court impose a 
one-year retroactive suspension.  The Office of Disciplinary Counsel filed an 
objection to the Board’s recommendation, seeking instead a one-year prospective 
suspension.   
2. 
Either finding would require the Respondent to petition for 
reinstatement under Rule 22 to resume the practice of law.  The Respondent has 
filed an objection, claiming the sanction imposed in an earlier foreign-jurisdiction 
 
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disciplinary matter, on which the present matter is based, did not require him to 
seek reinstatement.   
3. 
The Court, having reviewed the matter after oral argument and on the 
parties’ submissions, concludes that the Board’s Report, recommending a 
retroactive suspension, should be approved. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the Report of the Board on 
Professional Responsibility filed on September 17, 2004, is APPROVED.  The 
Court hereby directs that the Respondent is suspended from practicing law in 
Delaware for one year, retroactive to July 1, 2003.  Although the term of 
suspension is over, the Respondent’s suspension will continue to be in effect until 
he demonstrates proof of rehabilitation in accordance with Rule 22(a) of the 
Delaware Lawyers’ Rules of Disciplinary Procedure.  This matter is hereby 
CLOSED.  
 
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
Chief Justice