Opinion ID: 2065798
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Review by the court.

Text: Our review of the findings by the Board is governed by D.C. Bar R. XI, § 9(g)(1), which requires the court to accept the findings of fact made by the Board unless they are unsupported by substantial evidence of record. We must also adopt the recommended disposition of the Board unless to do so would foster a tendency toward inconsistent dispositions for comparable conduct or would otherwise be unwarranted. Id. Section 9(g)(1) endorses the Board's exercise of broad discretion in handing out discipline that is subject only to a general review for abuse of that discretion. In re Cleaver-Bascombe, 892 A.2d 396, 402 (D.C.2006) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted). But [a]lthough we must give considerable deference to the Board's recommendations in these matters, the responsibility for imposing sanctions rests with this court in the first instance. Temple, 629 A.2d at 1207. In other words, [t]he buck stops here. Shillaire, 549 A.2d at 342.