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IN RE BORDERS

No. 01-BG-1592.

797 A.2d 716 (2002)

In re William A. BORDERS, Jr., Petitioner.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 2, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Michael Rosier were on the Motion.

Joyce E. Peters, Bar Counsel, Wallace E. Shipp, Jr., Deputy Bar Counsel, and Judith Hetherton, Assistant Bar Counsel, were on the Opposition filed by the Office of Bar Counsel.

Durward M. Taylor filed a brief on behalf of the Honorable Kevin P. Chavous, Linda W. Cropp, and Sharon Pratt as amici curiae.

Sherri L. Wyatt filed a brief on behalf of Congressmen Elijah Cummings, James Clyburn, Earl Hilliard, Bennie Thompson, et al., as amici curiae.

Derrick A. Humphries filed a brief on behalf of Ophelia Long, Chair, Black Congress on Health, Law and Economics as amicus curiae.

Before STEADMAN and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and KING, Senior Judge.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

Petitioner was disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia following an unsuccessful appeal of his 1982 federal convictions for conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and unlawful travel in interstate commerce with intent to commit bribery. Under this court's decisions, these crimes each involved moral turpitude, see In re Borders, 665 A.2d 1381, 1382 (D.C.1995), requiring his disbarment...

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