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IN RE SCANIO

No. 05-BG-789.

919 A.2d 1137 (2007)

In re Salvatore SCANIO, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Bar Registration No. 435343).

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 29, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry E. Cohen for respondent.

Elizabeth J. Branda, Executive Attorney, for the Board on Professional Responsibility.

Julia L. Porter, Senior Assistant Bar Counsel, with whom Wallace E. Shipp, Jr., Bar Counsel, was on the brief, for the Office of Bar Counsel.

Before REID and FISHER, Associate Judges, and KING, Senior Judge.

FISHER, Associate Judge.

The principal question presented by this attorney disciplinary case is whether respondent acted dishonestly while representing himself in settlement negotiations with an insurance company. We agree with the Board on Professional Responsibility and Bar Counsel that respondent's conduct was "dishonest," but we do not adopt the sanction of public censure recommended by the Board. We conclude, rather, that a suspension of thirty days is warranted...

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