In re Luis F. Salgado
In re Luis F. Salgado
Opinion
In this case, the Board on Professional Responsibility concurs with the Ad Hoc Hearing Committee's factual findings and conclusions of law that respondent's extended inadequate record-keeping violated Rule of Professional Conduct 1.15 (a) and D.C. Bar Rule XI § 19(f). The Board further agreed with the Committee that respondent admitted at the hearing to having commingled personal funds with entrusted funds and therefore also could be found to have violated Rule 1.1 (a), even though that violation was not included in the specification of charges. The Board accepted the Committee's recommended sanction of a thirty-day suspension with a requirement to demonstrate fitness to resume the practice of law as a condition of reinstatement; though the Board expressed concern that the period of suspension was insufficient by itself, it was satisfied that the fitness requirement would protect the public.
Under D.C. Bar R. XI, § 9 (h)(2), "if no exceptions are filed to the Board's report, the [c]ourt will enter an order imposing the discipline recommended by the Board upon the expiration of the time permitted for filing exceptions."
See also
In re Viehe
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Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that respondent Luis F. Salgado is hereby suspended from the practice of law in the District of Columbia for thirty days and his reinstatement is conditioned on a showing of fitness to resume the practice of law. We direct respondent's attention to his obligation under D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g), to file a compliant affidavit; any delay in filing that affidavit will delay respondent's eligibility to apply for reinstatement, as set forth in D.C. Bar R. XI, § 16 (c).
In re Luis Salgado
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Reference
- Full Case Name
- In RE Luis F. SALGADO, Respondent. a Suspended Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Bar Registration No. 342444)
- Status
- Published