IN RE ESTATE OF BROWN

No. 06-PR-435.

930 A.2d 249 (2007)

In re ESTATE OF Solomon BROWN, Michelle D. Smith, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle D. Smith, pro se.

Nicholas D. Ward, Washington, DC, with whom Lorenzo Randle, was on the brief, for the objecting heirs.

Before FARRELL, REID, and THOMPSON, Associate Judges.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

This appeal presents two questions. First, did the probate judge correctly find that appellant Michelle D. Smith had a conflict of interest when she simultaneously served as attorney to the personal representative of a decedent's estate and contracted with the latter to sell real property of the estate using Smith's services as sole owner of a real estate brokerage company? Second, having found a conflict of interest, did the judge have ...

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