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   State Courts - District of Columbia - April 27, 2006

  
Garcia v. United States, Nos. 00-CF-978 and 00-CF-979, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, April 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: A trial court's denial of defendant's motion to sever two offenses for trial pursuant to D.C. Super. Ct. R. Crim. P. 14 was not an abuse of discretion, as defendant's statements that he wanted to testify regarding only one of the offenses but not as to the other was not sufficient to show prejudice.

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Hilliard v. Adecco USA, Inc., No. 05-AA-409, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, April 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: A claimant's unemployment compensation claim was properly dismissed as untimely, as a claimant was required to file an administrative appeal within ten days of the mailing of the decision to the party's last known address, D.C. Code § 51-111(b). The claimant's failure to do so deprived the Office of Administrative Hearings of jurisdiction.

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In re Cervizzi, No. 05-BG-882, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, April 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: The District of Columbia Court of Appeals accepted the Board on Professional Responsibility's unopposed recommendation to impose disbarment as reciprocal discipline on an attorney who failed to report that he was disbarred from the Maine Bar, pursuant to D.C. Bar R. XI, § 11(b), based on the rebuttal presumption of identical reciprocal discipline.

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In re Evans, No. 05-BG-538, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, April 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: An attorney who had a real estate practice and who also owned a title company that handled real estate loan closings violated D.C. R. Prof. Conduct 1.1(a), (b), 1.7(b)(4), and 8.4(d) due to a conflict of interest in legally representing a borrower who wanted to close on a loan through the company; a six-month partly stayed suspension was imposed.

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In re Foshee, No. 05-BG-442, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, April 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: An attorney who was suspended from the practice of law in Virginia for a period of three years and subject to conditions upon reinstatement was suspended with reinstatement upon the same conditions, pursuant to D.C. Bar. R. XI, § 9(g)(1), as there was substantial evidence that supported imposition of identical reciprocal discipline.

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In re Kersey, No. 04-BG-469, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, April 27, 2006, Decided
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Overview: An attorney who was disbarred from practicing law in New Hampshire failed to show an obvious miscarriage of justice that warranted a departure from the imposition of reciprocal discipline pursuant to D.C. Bar. R. XI, § 11(c); the presumption of imposing reciprocal discipline applied where the attorney did not respond in the proceedings.

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