In re Lorenzo C. Fitzgerald, Jr. ( 2014 )

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
No. 13-BG-1502
IN RE LORENZO C. FITZGERALD, JR., RESPONDENT.
A Suspended Member of the Bar of the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
(Bar Registration No. 390603)
On Report and Recommendation of the
Board on Professional Responsibility
(BDN-127-09)
(Submitted October 14, 2014 Decided December 4, 2014)
Before THOMPSON and BECKWITH, Associate Judges, and NEBEKER, Senior
Judge.
PER CURIAM: Having found by clear and convincing evidence that
respondent, Lorenzo C. Fitzgerald, Jr., violated District of Columbia Rules of
Professional Conduct 1.16 (d), 8.1 (a), 8.1 (b), 8.4 (c), and 8.4 (d), the Board on
Professional Responsibility (“the Board”) recommended that respondent be
suspended for the period of one year, and demonstrate fitness prior to
reinstatement. The Board found that respondent failed to deliver a client’s file to
client’s successor counsel, did not respond to Bar Counsel in a timely manner,
falsely asserted to Bar Counsel that he properly delivered client’s file, and falsely
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asserted to Bar Counsel that he did not receive Bar Counsel’s requests for
information. Neither respondent nor Bar Counsel filed an exception to the Board’s
recommendation.
Pursuant to District of Columbia Bar Rule XI, § 9 (h)(2), “[I]f no exceptions
are filed to the Board’s report, the Court will enter an order imposing the discipline
recommended by the Board upon the expiration of the time permitted for filing
exceptions.” Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that Lorenzo C. Fitzgerald, Jr., be suspended from the District of
Columbia Bar for a period of one year.1 For purposes of reinstatement, the period
of respondent’s suspension shall run from the date on which he filed the affidavit
required by District of Columbia Bar Rule XI, § 14 (g). Respondent must
demonstrate fitness to practice law prior to reinstatement. We direct respondent’s
attention to the responsibilities of disbarred attorneys set forth in District of
Columbia Bar Rule XI, §§ 14 and 16.
So ordered.
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This court suspended respondent from practicing law on March 25, 2014,
after respondent failed to show cause why he should not be suspended pending
final action on the Board’s report. In re Lorenzo C. Fitzgerald, Jr., No. 13-BG-
1502, Order at 1 (D.C. Mar. 25, 2014).