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IN RE KLINE

No. 09-BG-1531.

11 A.3d 261 (2011)

In re Andrew J. KLINE, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Bar Registration No. 358547).

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 13, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob A. Stein , with whom George A. Fisher , Washington, DC, was on the brief, for respondent.

H. Clay Smith, III , Assistant Bar Counsel, with whom Wallace E. Shipp, Jr. , Bar Counsel, Elizabeth A. Herman , Deputy Bar Counsel, and Judith Hetherton , Senior Assistant Bar Counsel, were on the brief, for the Office of Bar Counsel.

Before RUIZ and FISHER, Associate Judges, and FARRELL, Senior Judge.

FARRELL, Senior Judge:

Respondent Kline, in the Hearing Committee's words, "committed a significant number of serious ethical violations" which the Board on Professional Responsibility (the Board) summarized as follows:

Respondent failed to make crucial litigation filings, and as a result, a default judgment was entered against his client, [The Ad Agency, Inc.]. Without telling his client about the default judgment, Respondent negotiated settlement terms...

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