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IN RE GOFFE

No. 90-BG-888.

641 A.2d 458 (1994)

In re Robert R. GOFFE, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Frisch, with whom Elizabeth A. Herman, Asst. Bar Counsel, and Wallace E. Shipp Jr., Deputy Bar Counsel, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for Office of Bar Counsel.

Joan L. Goldfrank, Executive Atty., Washington, DC, for Bd. on Professional Responsibility.

Karen B. Lipson, with whom Steven M. Umin, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for respondent.

Before STEADMAN, FARRELL and KING, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Before us is a case of conduct by a member of our Bar that involves not only a pattern of dishonesty and lying but blatant fabrication and creation of evidence. The Hearing Committee recommended a suspension of three years with a fitness requirement,1 noting that if it felt free to do so under existing precedent, it would have recommended disbarment. The Board on Professional Responsibility, apparently deeming itself restricted...

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