Court Opinion

ID: 9543147
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:42:35.392735+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:09:46.750874
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STEADMAN, Associate Judge,
dissenting in part:
I agree with much of Judge Terry’s analysis, but take issue with the disposition. Here, the Virginia conduct may or may not have been such as to “warrant substantially different discipline in the District of Columbia.” One cannot tell with assurance from the facts related in the Virginia Board’s findings, but the Board’s perception that such might well be the case does not seem unwarranted. Accordingly, I would remand to the Board for further factual inquiry. I do not think that the presumption in favor of reciprocal discipline is so compelling that it applies even where the other jurisdiction’s proceedings leave significant doubt as to the extent of the attorney’s wrongful conduct.