IN RE STILLER

No. 95-BG-909.

725 A.2d 533 (1999)

In re Barry C. STILLER, Respondent, A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl J. Silbert, with whom Charles B. Wayne, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for respondent. Steven C. Tabackman, also entered an appearance for respondent.

Leonard H. Becker, Bar Counsel, with whom Wallace E. Shipp, Jr., Deputy Bar Counsel, was on the brief, for petitioner, the Office of Bar Counsel.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, TERRY, Associate Judge, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

In early 1987, respondent Stiller, a member of our bar, received a legal fee of $135,000 for the defense of a client in a federal drug case. The fee was paid in cash. He subsequently made a series of bank deposits, also in cash, in amounts of less than $10,000 each, thereby evading statutory requirements imposed on banks to report large currency transactions. The Board on Professional Responsibility ("the Board"), in Bar Docket No. 430-88,...

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