(DOWNLOAD) "Sonya D. Steele Respondent a Member Bar" by District of Columbia Court of Appeals. # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Sonya D. Steele Respondent a Member Bar
- Author : District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
- Release Date : January 19, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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On Report and Recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility BELSON, Senior Judge: The Board on Professional Responsibility
has concluded that respondent, Sonya D. Steele, a member of the District of Columbia Bar, violated DR 6-101 (A)(3) (neglecting
a legal matter), DR 1-102 (A)(5) (engaging in conduct prejudicial to the administration of Justice), and Rule 8.4 (d) of the
Rules of Professional Responsibility (engaging in conduct that seriously interferes with the administration of Justice). The
Board recommends that respondent he suspended from the practice of law for sixty days, and ordered to pay restitution in the
amount of $300. Challenging the Board's recommendation, the Office of Bar Counsel argues that this court should impose the
additional requirement that respondent prove her fitness to return to the practice of law. While we agree with the Board's
findings of violations and order that respondent be suspended from the practice of law in the District of Columbia for a period
of sixty days, and that she pay restitution in the amount of $300, we also find that respondent's conduct raises substantial
questions about her fitness to practice law and require that she prove her fitness to do so before returning to practice. I.