IN RE PIERSON

No. 95-BG-1029.

690 A.2d 941 (1997)

In re Kathryn A. PIERSON, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham C. Blitzer, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Leonard H. Becker, Bar Counsel, for petitioner, Office of Bar Counsel.

Before TERRY, SCHWELB, and RUIZ, Associate Judges.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

The Board on Professional Responsibility ("the Board") has recommended that respondent be disbarred. Respondent contends that the record supports at most a finding of misappropriation resulting from simple negligence, and that, under all the circumstances, a lesser sanction should be imposed. We find her arguments without merit and accordingly adopt the recommendation of the Board.

I. THE FACTS

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