In re Wright ( 2023 )

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
No. 23-BG-0068
IN RE GARY D. WRIGHT,
DDN: 2022-D120
A Member of the Bar of the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Bar Registration No. 411483BEFORE: Blackburne-Rigsby, Chief Judge, and Easterly and Howard, Associate
Judges.
ORDER
(FILED—April 20, 2023)
On consideration of the certified order from the state of Virginia revoking
respondent’s license to practice law; this court’s February, 6, 2023, order suspending
respondent pending final disposition of this proceeding and directing him to show
cause why the functionally equivalent discipline of disbarment should not be
imposed as reciprocal discipline; respondent’s D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g) affidavit
filed on February 15, 2023; and the statement of Disciplinary Counsel; and it
appearing that respondent has not filed a response, it is
ORDERED that Gary D. Wright is hereby disbarred from the practice of law
in the District of Columbia, nunc pro tunc to February 15, 2023. See In re Sibley,
990 A.2d 483, 487-88 (D.C. 2010) (explaining that there is a rebuttable presumption
in favor of imposition of identical discipline and exceptions to this presumption
should be rare); In re Fuller, 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C. 2007) (stating that the
rebuttable presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies to all cases in which
the respondent does not participate); see also In re Laibstain, 841 A.2d 1259, 1263
(D.C. 2004) (explaining that the equivalent sanction for revocation in the District is
disbarment).
PER CURIAM