District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 9/1/2011
In re Silva
Citations
- 29 A.3d 924
- 2011 WL 4357549
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- holding thus in light of respondent’s eight violations in connection with the same 26 matter
- suspending attorney for three years with a fitness requirement for forging legal documents and continuing dishonesty
- suspending attorney for three years with a fitness requirement for forging legal documents and continuing dishonesty
- noting, in the Board’s report and recommendation, that Mr. Silva had no prior discipline in the District and only one instance of discipline in Virginia
- cases in which attorneys have been disbarred have involved, among other things, “actions that abused the attorney-client relationship”
- respondent’s “dishonesty continued throughout the disciplinary process, where he either lied or dissembled, acknowledging the truth only when forced to face it”
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Judges: Fisher, Glickman, Pryor
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Cites
55 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Matter of AddamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-08-06· cited 255×
- In Re HutchinsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1987-12-04· cited 140×
- In Re RoundtreeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1985-12-31· cited 140×
- In Re KerseyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1987-01-28· cited 118×
- Matter of HauptDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1980-10-17· cited 114×
- In Re GoffeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1994-05-05· cited 107×
- In Re CaterDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2005-11-23· cited 94×
- Matter of ShorterDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-02-21· cited 84×
- In Re PiersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-02-28· cited 63×
- In Re Cleaver-BascombeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2006-02-09· cited 51×
- In Re KennedyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1988-04-20· cited 49×
- In Re SlatteryDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2001-01-25· cited 49×
- In Re GardnerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1994-11-29· cited 48×
- In Re RebackDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1985-01-31· cited 46×
- Howard D. Levine v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1958-11-18· cited 43×
- In Re Cleaver-BascombeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2010-01-14· cited 43×
- In Re GilDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-04-03· cited 37×
- In Re CorizziDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2002-07-25· cited 34×
- In Re PenningtonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2007-04-26· cited 31×
- In the Matter of ThompsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1985-05-20· cited 30×
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