District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1/13/2011
In Re Hewett
Citations
- 11 A.3d 279
- 2011 D.C. App. LEXIS 10
- 2011 WL 102551
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- recognizing that disbarment is the presumptive sanction for R. 1.15 (a) violations absent extraordinary circumstances (citing In re Addams, 579 A.2d 190, 191 (D.C. 1990) (en banc))
- highlighting “truly unique” circumstances where intentional misappropriation benefited client by preserving client’s Medicaid eligibility
- declining to disbar attorney who intentionally misappropriated client funds solely to benefit the client
- prematurely withdrawing attorney’s fees from client’s account to ensure client did not lose Medicaid eligibility due to an excess of funds in the account
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Judges: Ruiz, Kramer, Blackburne-Rigsby
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Cites
23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- In Re WilsonSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1979-12-19· cited 416×
- Matter of AddamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-08-06· cited 255×
- In Re RebackDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1986-07-31· cited 161×
- In Re KerseyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1987-01-28· cited 118×
- In Re MicheelDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-05-19· cited 106×
- In Re AndersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2001-08-02· cited 90×
- In Re HarrisonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1983-05-26· cited 82×
- In Re PiersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-02-28· cited 63×
- In Re BerrymanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2000-12-28· cited 51×
- In Re Cleaver-BascombeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2010-01-14· cited 43×
- In Re FairDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2001-09-13· cited 42×
- In Re PelsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-01-30· cited 35×
- In Re PenningtonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2007-04-26· cited 31×
- In Re UtleyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-07-31· cited 28×
- In Re TraversDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2000-12-28· cited 22×
- In Re ChangDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-05-22· cited 17×
- In Re DulanseyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-04-10· cited 15×
- In Re BachDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2009-02-26· cited 13×
- In Re PleshawDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2010-08-12· cited 11×
- In Re HuberDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1998-03-19· cited 10×
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