In re David Prince of Columbia Court of Appeals Bar Registration No. 456983, 183 A.3d 736 (2018)

May 3, 2018 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · No. 18–BG–116
183 A.3d 736

IN RE David PRINCE

A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Bar Registration No. 456983

No. 18-BG-116

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Filed May 3, 2018

ORDER

PER CURIAM

On consideration of the certified order of the Supreme Court of Florida suspending respondent from the practice of law in the state of Florida for a period of one year; this court's February 28, 2018, order suspending respondent pending further action of the court and directing him to show cause why the functionally-equivalent reciprocal discipline of a one-year suspension with a fitness requirement should not be imposed; the statement of Disciplinary Counsel regarding reciprocal discipline; and it appearing that respondent failed to file a response to the court's show cause order or his D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit, it is

ORDERED that David Prince is hereby suspended from the practice of law in the *737District of Columbia for a period of one year with reinstatement contingent on a showing of fitness. See In re Sibley , 990 A.2d 483 (D.C. 2010), and 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). It is

FURTHER ORDERED that for purposes of reinstatement respondent's period of suspension will not begin to run until such time as he files a D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit.