Court Opinion

ID: 9634378
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 13:09:45.939707+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:09:01.296549
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KERN, Associate Judge,
concurring and dissenting:
D.C.Bar R. XI § 7(3) provides that we must accept the Board’s findings in disciplinary cases “unless they are unsupported by substantial evidence of record.” I cannot say the Board’s meticulous findings in this case are unsupported by substantial evidence; to the contrary, the evidence in support of such findings is quite substantial and so I concur in the court’s acceptance of the Board’s findings.
The Board has recommended suspension for three months, whereas the majority concludes six months is appropriate. Pursuant to our Rule, we can reject the Board’s recommended disposition only if it “would foster a tendency toward inconsistent dispositions for comparable conduct or otherwise would be unwarranted.” I am not persuaded that the suspension of respondent for three months is at all inconsistent with the Board’s action in comparable disciplinary cases; nor am I persuaded that three months’ suspension is “otherwise unwarranted.” Accordingly, I dissent from the court’s rejection of the Board’s recommended disposition.