In re Carol M. Gordon

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Note to readers: To navigate within this document use the set of icons listed above on the Acrobat toolbar. These opinions are made available as a joint effort by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the District of Columbia Bar. Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the Atlantic and Maryland Reporters. Users are requested to notify the Clerk of the Court of any formal errors so that corrections may be made before the bound volumes go to press. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS No. 97-BG-1506 IN RE CAROL M. GORDON, RESPONDENT. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals On Report and Recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility (Submitted October 20, 1998 Decided November 5, 1998) Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and FARRELL and REID, Associate Judges. PER CURIAM: that In this reciprocal discipline proceeding, the Board recommends respondent be disbarred.* recommendation, which we accept. Respondent has taken no exception to the See In re Day, No. 96-BG-1244 (D.C. September 10, 1998); In re Addams, 579 A.2d 190 (D.C. 1990) (en banc). Accordingly, respondent is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia. The period of disbarment shall commence when respondent files the affidavit required by D.C. Bar Rule XI, § 14 (g) (1998); see also id., § 16 (c). In the meantime, respondent shall remain suspended. So ordered. * Respondent consented to indefinite suspension in Maryland on the basis of eight ethical complaints charging him with, among other things, deceitful handling of funds represented to be in escrow and misuse of client funds.

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