In re Swyers ( 2021 )

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
No. 21-BG-622
IN RE MATTHEW H. SWYERS
2017 DDN 81
A Member of the Bar of the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Bar Registration No. 455692BEFORE: Beckwith and McLeese, Associate Judges, and Nebeker, Senior Judge.
ORDER
(FILED—November 24, 2021)
On consideration of the certified order from the state of Virginia accepting the
consent petition and suspending respondent from the practice of law in that
jurisdiction for a period of two years with conditions; this court’s September 16,
2021, order suspending respondent pending resolution of this matter and directing
him to show cause why reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; respondent’s
response thereto wherein he consents to reciprocal discipline; respondent’s D.C. Bar
R. XI, §14(g) affidavit; and the statement of Disciplinary Counsel, it is
ORDERED that Matthew H. Swyers is hereby suspended from the practice of
law in the District of Columbia for a period of two years, subject to the conditions
imposed by the state of Virginia, nunc pro tunc to October 21, 2021. See In re Sibley,
990 A.2d 483 (D.C. 2010); In re Fuller, 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C. 2007) (rebuttable
presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies to all cases in which the
respondent does not participate).
PER CURIAM