Opinion ID: 2071422
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 14

Heading: Petitioner's Conduct Since Disbarment

Text: The Board also accepts the Committee's findings of fact with respect to this issue, and agrees with the Committee's conclusion that Petitioner's post-disbarment conduct fell far short of comporting with the standards required by Rule XI, § 16(d) before reinstatement may be achieved. We do not believe he has shown the moral qualifications required for readmission. We conclude further that his resumption of the practice of law would be detrimental to the integrity and the standing of the Bar, and to the administration of justice, and subversive to the public interest. Our decision in this respect is based primarily on Petitioner's Hatch Act violations, and his deceptive and deceitful conduct while employed by the DOT. Although we question the propriety of Petitioner's use of the title Doctor on his business card, that practice, in and of itself, should not, in our view, preclude his reinstatement. Nor should his failure to repay the Government for the cost of the illegally obtained transportation serve as a barrier. As Petitioner pointed out, repayment was not ordered by the sentencing Court. It would be far fetched, more than two decades later, to condition reinstatement on repayment to the Government.