IN RE: JAMES M. CUTSHAW

• Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
• Decided: July 28, 2016
• Docket: 13-BG-956
• Status: Published

Opinion

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS

No. 13-BG-956 7/28/16

IN RE: JAMES M. CUTSHAW, Respondent. Bar Registration No. 437386 BDN: 105-13

BEFORE: Glickman, Associate Judge, and Nebeker and Farrell, Senior Judges.

ORDER (FILED - July 28, 2016)

On consideration of the certified order suspending respondent from the practice of law in the state of Louisiana for a period of thirty months, this court’s September 17, 2013, suspending respondent pending further order of the court, respondent’s D.C. Bar R. XI, §14 (g) affidavit filed on June 13, 2014, this court’s April 19, 2016, order directing respondent to show cause why the functionally- equivalent reciprocal discipline of a thirty-month suspension with a fitness requirement should not be imposed, the statement of Disciplinary Counsel regarding reciprocal discipline, and it appearing that respondent did not file a response to this court’s order, it is

ORDERED that James M. Cutshaw is hereby suspended from the practice of law in the District of Columbia for a period of thirty months, nunc pro tunc to June 13, 2014. Reinstatement is contingent upon 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).

PER CURIAM