MATTER OF ADDAMS

No. 88-867.

579 A.2d 190 (1990)

In the Matter of Nicholas ADDAMS, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Kenneth Mundy, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Samuel McClendon, Washington, D.C., Asst. Bar Counsel for Sp. Litigation, with whom Thomas E. Flynn, Bar Counsel, was on the brief, for the Office of Bar Counsel.

Joan L. Goldfrank, Washington, D.C., Executive Atty., for four members of the Bd. on Professional Responsibility recommending against disbarment.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, FERREN, BELSON, STEADMAN, SCHWELB, FARRELL, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.


ROGERS, Chief Judge:

This matter was originally before the court on the Report and Recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility (the Board). The Board unanimously found that respondent Addams violated DR 9-103(A) (misappropriation) and DR 1-102(A)(4) (dishonesty) as a result of intentionally misappropriating client funds and misrepresenting the fact to his client. Four members of the Board recommended that respondent be disbarred and four members recommended...

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