In re Hartke

162 A.3d 176

Opinion

ORDER

PER CURIAM

On consideration of the certified order suspending respondent from the practice of law in Virginia for three years following his stipulation to misconduct involving the failure to correct misrepresentations to bar counsel and his subsequent failure to comply with the conditions of his six-month suspension; this court’s April 14, 2017, order suspending respondent pending disposition of this case and directing him to show cause why identical reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; the statement of Disciplinary Counsel recommend-mg the substantially different sanction of a three-year suspension with a fitness requirement; and it appearing that respondent did not file a response to this court’s show cause order or file the required D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit, it is

ORDERED that Wayne R. Hartke is hereby suspended from the practice of law in the District of Columbia for three years with a fitness requirement. See In re Sibley, 990 A.2d 483, 487-88 (D.C. 2010) (explaining that the presumption of identical discipline in D.C. Bar R. XI, § 11 (c) -will prevail except in “rare” cases); D.C. Bar R. XI, § 11 (c)(4), (e) (permitting this court to “impose such discipline as it deems appropriate” where the “misconduct established warrants substantially different discipline in the District of Columbia”); see also In re Cater, 887 A.2d 1, 6, 25 (D.C. 2005) (setting forth the standard for imposition of a fitness requirement and finding such requirement warranted where “the respondent has repeatedly evinced indifference .,. toward the disciplinary procedures by which the Bar regulates itself.”). For purposes of eligibility to petition for reinstatement, the suspension will not begin to run until such time as respondent files a D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit.