IN RE COLE

No. 07-BG-1388.

967 A.2d 1264 (2009)

In re Patrick J. COLE, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Bar Registration No. 358025).

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry E. Cohen, Washington, for respondent.

Joseph N. Bowman, Assistant Bar Counsel, with whom Wallace E. Shipp, Jr., Bar Counsel, and Judith Hetherton, Senior Assistant Bar Counsel were on the brief, for the Office of Bar Counsel.

Before REID, FISHER and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges.


REID, Associate Judge:

The Board on Professional Responsibility ("the Board") recommends that respondent, Patrick J. Cole, be suspended from the practice of law for a period of thirty days for his violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct pertaining to competent and diligent representation, communication with a client, and interference with the administration of justice. We accept the Board's recommended sanction because it "falls within the range of acceptable...

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