In re Debold ( 2024 )

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
No. 24-BG-0353
IN RE JOSHUA N. DEBOLD,
DDN: 2024-D032
A Member of the Bar of the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Bar Registration No. 989159BEFORE: Beckwith and Easterly, Associate Judges, and Washington, Senior Judge.
ORDER
(FILED— June 20, 2024)
On consideration of the certified order from the Commonwealth of Virginia
revoking respondent’s license to practice law; this court’s May 3, 2024, order
suspending respondent pending final disposition of this proceeding and directing
him to show cause why disbarment should not be imposed as reciprocal discipline;
and the statement of Disciplinary Counsel; and it appearing that respondent has not
filed a response or his D.C. Bar R. XI § 14(g) affidavit, it is
ORDERED that Joshua N. Debold is hereby disbarred from the practice of
law in the District of Columbia. 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). It is
No. 24-BG-0354
FURTHER ORDERED that, for purposes of reinstatement, respondent’s
disbarment will not begin to run until such time as he files an affidavit that fully
complies with the requirements of D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g).
PER CURIAM