| Case Information: 97-BG-0623 | |||
| Short Caption: | IN RE: EDWARD WRIGHT | Classification: | Bar Governance - Bar - Disciplinary |
| Superior Court or Agency Case Number: | BDN123-94 | Filed Date: | 04/16/1997 |
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| Opening Event Date: | 04/16/1997 | Case Status: | Closed |
| Record Completed: | Post-Decision Matter Pending: | ||
| Briefs Completed: | 05/15/1997 | ||
| Argued/Submitted: | 10/23/1997 | ||
| Disposition: | Next Scheduled Action: | ||
| Mandate Issued: | |||
| Party Information | |||||||||
| Appellate Role | Party Name | IFP | Attorney(s) | Arguing Attorney | E-Filer | ||||
| Petitioner | Bar Counsel | N |
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| Petitioner | Board on Professional Responsibility | N |
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| Respondent | Edward Wright | N | Pro Se | N | |||||
| Events | ||||
| Event Date | Status | Description | Result | |
| 04/16/1997 | REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD ON PROF. RESP. that respondent be found to have violated DC Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3(a), 1.3(c), 1.4 (a), 1.5(b), 8.4(d) & DCCA Rule XI, Sec 2(b)(3). It is further recommended that respondent be suspended from the practice of law for 30 days, combined with the requirements that he demonstrate his fitness to practice law before reinstatement and that he make restitution to his client in the amount of $2000 as a condition of reinstatement. | |||
| 04/16/1997 | error | |||
| 04/18/1997 | LETTER from the Office of Bar Counsel taking no exceptions to the Report & Recommendation. | |||
| 05/15/1997 | BRIEFS COMPLETED | |||
| 05/15/1997 | FINAL SCREENING - SUMMARY CALENDAR I | |||
| 10/23/1997 | Filed | ACTION - Argued / Submitted | ||
| 10/23/1997 | SUBMITTED (TE,SC,BE) | |||
| 11/13/1997 | SUSPENSION ORDERED that respondent, Edward Wesley Wright, is suspended from the practice of law in the District of Columbia for a period of thirty days, effective thirty days from the date of this opinion. It is FURTHER ORDERED that before being reinstated to membership in the bar, respondent shall demonstrate his fitness to practice law, and that he shall make restitution in the amount of $2,000 to his former client, Derrick Anthony DePass, with interest from August 25, 1991, at an annual rate of six percent. (By TE, SC, BE) | |||
| 12/01/1997 | RESPONDENT'S MISCELLANEOUS SUBSTANTIVE MOTION for additional time to file for rehearing on Report & Recommendation of the BPR. | |||
| 12/01/1997 | MOTION(S) FEE PAID for mrms. | |||
| 12/04/1997 | PETITIONER'S ANSWER/RESPONSE (Bar Counsel) to motion of respondent for additional time to file for rehearing. | |||
| 12/15/1997 | ORD GRT RESP MO TO EXT TM TO FL PET FOR REH/REH EB and respondent's petition shall be filed on or before December 21, 1997. (WA) | |||
| 12/15/1997 | RECEIVED Bar Counsel's amended certificate of service. | |||