IN RE CLEAVER-BASCOMBE

No. 04-BG-1540.

892 A.2d 396 (2006)

In re Karen P. CLEAVER-BASCOMBE, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Bar Registration No. 458922).

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 9, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Iweanoge, Jr., Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Joseph N. Bowman, Assistant Bar Counsel, with whom Wallace E. Shipp, Jr., Bar Counsel, was on the brief, for the Office of Bar Counsel.

Before SCHWELB and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges, and STEADMAN, Senior Judge.


SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

This case involves the alleged falsification of a voucher by an attorney who had been appointed to represent an indigent criminal defendant pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act (CJA), D.C.Code §§ 11-2601 et seq. (2001). Essentially, Respondent Karen P. Cleaver-Bascombe, a member of our Bar since 1998, is alleged to have sought compensation for work that she knew she had not done. Although several issues are presented, the...

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