In re: Mark R. Galbraith

• Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
• Decided: April 30, 2015
• Docket: 15-BG-171
• Status: Published

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS

No. 15-BG-171

IN RE MARK R. GALBRAITH, Respondent. Bar Registration No. 475507 BDN: 296-14

BEFORE: Beckwith, Associate Judge, and King and Reid, Senior Judges.

ORDER (FILED - April 30, 2015)

On consideration of the certified order revoking respondent’s license to practice law in the state of Virginia by consent, this court’s February 26, 2015, order suspending respondent pending further action of the court and directing him to show cause why the reciprocal discipline of disbarment should not be imposed, and the statement of Bar Counsel regarding reciprocal discipline, and it appearing that respondent has failed to file either a response to this court’s order to show cause or the affidavit required by D.C. Bar R. XI, §14 (g), it is

ORDERED that Mark R. Galbraith is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia. See In re Brackett, 45 A.3d 163 (D.C. 2012) (disbarment is the functional equivalent discipline to a revocation of license imposed by the state of Virginia), 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 the period of respondent’s suspension will not begin to run until such time as he files an affidavit complying with D.C. Bar. R. XI, § 14 (g).

PER CURIAM