DocketNumber: No. 12-BG-1421
Citation Numbers: 69 A.3d 400
Judges: Nebeker, Newman, Washington
Filed Date: 7/11/2013
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 9/24/2021
On June 22, 2012, after a bench trial in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, respondent, Charles F. Daum, was found guilty of three counts of obstruction of justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503, one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1503, and two counts of subornation of perjury in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1622.
Bar Counsel filed certified copies of respondent’s conviction with this court on August 27, 2012, and we suspended respondent on September 5, 2012, pursuant to D.C. Bar R. XI, § 10(c). We directed the Board on Professional Responsibility (the “Board”) to institute a formal proceeding to determine the nature of respondent’s offenses and whether they involve moral turpitude within the meaning of D.C.Code § ll-2503(a) (2001). The Board has filed a report finding that respondent’s convictions involve moral turpitude per se and recommending disbarment pursuant to D.C.Code § ll-2503(a) (disbarment upon conviction of crime involving moral turpitude). The Board’s recommendation is unopposed.
Accordingly, we order that respondent Charles F. Daum be disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia, effective immediately, and that his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys authorized to practice before this court. For the purposes of reinstatement, the period of disbarment shall not be deemed to commence until respondent files an affidavit that conforms to the requirements of D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g).
So ordered.