In Re Karen H. Ross

199 A.3d 1159

• Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
• Decided: January 17, 2019
• Docket: 18-BG-1131
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM

On consideration of the certified order of the Supreme Court of Nevada suspending respondent from the practice of law in that jurisdiction for three years, all but six months stayed in favor of probation with conditions for a period of two years and six months; this court's October 29, 2018, order directing respondent to show cause why reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; and the statement of Disciplinary Counsel; and it appearing that respondent failed to file a response to the court's show cause order but did file her D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit on November 28, 2018, it is

ORDERED that Karen H. Ross is hereby suspended from the practice of law in this jurisdiction for a period of three years nunc pro tunc to November 28, 2018. The suspension is stayed all but the first six months in favor of a two-year, six-month period of probation subject to the conditions imposed by the state of Nevada. 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).