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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS No. 19-BG-1141 IN RE KENNETH S. KAUFMAN 2019 DDN 275 A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Bar Reg. No. 401139

BEFORE: Glickman and Fisher, Associate Judges, and Nebeker, Senior Judge.

ORDER (FILED – January 30, 2020) On consideration of the certified order of the Court of Appeals of Maryland disbarring respondent from the practice of law in that jurisdiction; this court’s December 9, 2019, order suspending respondent pending resolution of this matter and directing him to show cause why reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; and the statement of Disciplinary Counsel; and it appearing that respondent failed to file either a response to this court’s order to show cause or his D.C. Bar R. XI, §14(g) affidavit, it is ORDERED that Kenneth S. Kaufman is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia. See In re Sibley, 990 A.2d 483 (D.C. 2010); In re Fuller, 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C. 2007) (rebuttable presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies to all cases in which the respondent does not participate). It is

FURTHER ORDERED that for purposes of reinstatement the period of respondent’s disbarment will not begin to run until such time as he files a D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g) affidavit.

PER CURIAM