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Date Created: 2020-11-19 15:02:02.219057+00
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              DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS

No. 18-BG-1254

IN RE SEAN R. HANOVER
                                                            2018 DDN 314
A Suspended Member of the Bar of the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Bar Registration No. 1002709

BEFORE: Glickman, Associate Judge, and Nebeker and Fisher,  Senior Judges.

                                 ORDER
                          (FILED— November 19, 2020)

       On consideration of the certified order of the Court of Appeals of Maryland
disbarring respondent by consent from the practice of law in that jurisdiction;
this court’s December 4, 2018, order suspending respondent pending resolution of
this matter and holding the matter in abeyance pending resolution of a matter
filed in Virginia; this court’s January 7, 2019, order lifting the stay and directing
respondent to show cause why reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; and
the statement of Disciplinary Counsel; and it appearing that respondent failed
to file either a response to this court’s order to show cause or his D.C. Bar R. XI,
§14 (g) affidavit, and it further appearing that this order was entered on March 15,
2019, but was not published as required, it is

       ORDERED that Sean R. Hanover is hereby disbarred from the practice of law
in the District of Columbia nunc pro tunc to March 15, 2019. See In re Sibley, 990
A.2d 483 (D.C. 2010); In re Fuller, 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C. 2007) (rebuttable

      
         Judge Fisher was an Associate Judge of the court on March 15, 2019. His status
changed to Senior Judge on August 23, 2020.
presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies to all cases in which the
respondent does not participate). It is

      FURTHER ORDERED that for purposes of reinstatement the period of
respondent’s disbarment will not begin to run until such time as he files a D.C. Bar
R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit.

                                      PER CURIAM