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IN RE HAGER

No. 01-BG-995.

812 A.2d 904 (2002)

In re Mark M. HAGER, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Rooney, Assistant Bar Counsel, with whom Joyce E. Peters, Bar Counsel, and Elizabeth A. Herman, Senior Assistant Bar Counsel, were on the brief, for the Office of Bar Counsel.

Hamilton P. Fox, Washington, DC, III for respondent.

Brian Wolfman, Washington, DC, filed a brief for amicus Public Citizen Litigation Group.

James C. Turner filed a brief for amicus Halt, Inc.

Before STEADMAN, FARRELL and RUIZ, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate J.:

Briefly put, the issue in this bar disciplinary proceeding is whether an attorney may ethically enter into an agreement with an opposing party in which his clients are awarded full purchase price refunds (amid other relief) but where the attorney secretly and without the knowledge of the clients 1) receives (together with his co-counsel) $225,000 as attorneys fees and expenses, 2) agrees never to represent anyone with related claims against...

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