Elizabeth Kreis

184 A.3d 344

• Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
• Decided: May 3, 2018
• Docket: 18-BG-121
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM

On consideration of the certified order from the Colorado Supreme Court suspending respondent from the practice of law for a period of six months, all stayed but 90 days to be followed by an eighteen-month period of probation; this court's February 28, 2018, order suspending respondent pending resolution of this matter and directing her to show cause why reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; the response thereto; the statement of Disciplinary Counsel; respondent's notice that she has not practiced law in the District of Columbia and D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit, jointly construed as meeting the requirement of In re Goldberg , 460 A.2d 982 (D.C. 1983) ; and it further appearing that respondent stipulated to the factual basis underlying her Colorado discipline and acknowledged her misconduct, it is

ORDERED that Elizabeth Kreis is hereby suspended from the practice of law in the District of Columbia for a period of six months, all stayed but 90 days to be followed by an eighteen-month period of probation, nunc pro tunc to January 2, 2018. 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).