In the Matter of Dilloun Rademacher, Esq.
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Opinion
Supreme Court
No. 2025-222-M.P.
In the Matter of Dilloun Rademacher, Esq. :
ORDER
On July 25, 2025, the Court’s Chief Disciplinary Counsel filed an Emergency
Petition for Immediate Interim Suspension and for the Appointment of Disciplinary
Counsel as Special Master pursuant to Article III, Rule 5(b)(6) of the Supreme Court
Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. The petition avers, among other facts with
supporting evidence, the following:
1. The Respondent-Attorney, Dilloun Rademacher, Esq., is currently an active
attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Rhode Island.
2. On May 24, 2023, the Respondent-Attorney was arrested by the North
Kingstown Police Department and charged with the felony offense of
domestic unlawful breaking and entering of the dwelling house of his former
domestic partner, without her consent, in violation of G.L. 1956 § 11-8-2(a)
and § 12-29-2(a)(13). See C.A. No. 32-2023-03283.
3. On May 12, 2024, the North Kingstown Police Department arrested the
Respondent-Attorney and charged him with a new misdemeanor of violating
a domestic no-contact order which was issued as a condition of his bail in
-1- the felony domestic breaking and entering case (W2/23-363A) in violation
of § 12-29-4 and § 12-29-2(a)(10). See C.A. No. 31-2024-3118.
4. On May 21, 2024, the Respondent-Attorney was arrested by the West
Warwick Police Department, and another misdemeanor criminal complaint
was filed charging him with domestic assault against his roommate in
violation of G.L. 1956 § 11-5-3 and § 12-29-5, and engaging in a disorderly
manner, to wit, engaging in violent and tumultuous behavior in violation of
§ 11-5-1 and § 12-29-5.
5. On June 13, 2024, the Respondent-Attorney entered a plea of nolo-
contendere to the charge of violation of a domestic no-contact order. As part
of his plea, the Respondent-Attorney was sentenced to a one-year filing with
the condition that he complete domestic violence counseling and abide by a
no-contact order.
6. On June 17, 2024, the Respondent-Attorney entered a plea of nolo-
contendere to felony domestic unlawful breaking and entering of the
dwelling house without the consent of the owner in violation of § 11-8-2(a)
and § 12-29-2(a)(13). See C.A. No. W2/23-363A. As part of his plea, the
Respondent-Attorney entered into a Deferred Sentence Agreement and his
sentence was deferred for a period of five (5) years with the conditions that
he complete domestic violence counseling and abide by a no-contact order.
-2- 7. The Respondent-Attorney’s plea of nolo-contendere to the felony charge of
domestic breaking and entering (W2/23-363A) and to the violation of a
domestic no-contact order (C.A. No. 31-2024-3118) constitute admissions
that the Respondent-Attorney committed criminal acts which reflect
adversely on his honesty, trustworthiness, and fitness to practice law. See
In the Matter of Edward J. McEnaney, 718 A.2d 920, 921 (R.I. 1998).
8. On October 31, 2024, the Massachusetts Office of Bar Counsel filed a
Notice of Conviction and a Petition for Temporary Suspension with the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) based upon the Respondent-
Attorney’s plea of nolo-contendere and subsequent imposition of a five-year
deferred sentence in the Rhode Island felony domestic breaking and entering
case (W2/23-363A).
9. After a hearing was held on November 20, 2024, the SJC issued an Interim
Order, ordering the Respondent-Attorney to file a written opposition to the
Petition for Temporary Suspension including all relevant police reports with
the Clerk’s Office of the SJC and the Office of Bar Counsel within one
month from the entry date of the Court’s Interim Order.
10. The Respondent-Attorney failed to file said written opposition to the Petition
for Temporary Suspension either with the Clerk’s Office or the Office of
Bar Counsel.
-3- 11. On December 27, 2024, the Office of Bar Counsel filed a motion requesting
the issuance of an Order of Temporary Suspension and that the matter be
referred to the Board of Bar Overseers for appropriate investigation and
commencement of formal proceedings.
12. On December 31, 2024, the SJC entered an immediate order temporarily
suspending the Respondent-Attorney from practicing law in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts until further order of the SJC. The
Respondent-Attorney remains suspended in Massachusetts.
13. The Respondent-Attorney has recently engaged in certain other public
behavior that is untoward and erratic, bringing into questions his fitness to
practice law and undermining the integrity of the profession.
The Emergency Petition came before a single justice of this Court, sitting as
Duty Justice. After consideration of this Emergency Petition, the following is
ordered:
1. In furtherance of protecting the public and maintaining the integrity of the
legal profession, it is ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the Respondent-
Attorney, Dilloun Rademacher, Esq., is hereby suspended from the practice
of law in this state on a temporary basis, effective immediately and until
further order of this Court.
-4- 2. Effective immediately and until further order of this Court, Chief
Disciplinary Counsel Kerry Reilley Travers is appointed temporary Special
Master and is hereby authorized to take possession of the Respondent-
Attorney’s client files to inventory same and to take whatever steps deemed
necessary to protect the clients’ interests, including but not limited to
returning the files to the clients or new counsel of each client’s choice.
Disciplinary Counsel as temporary Special Master is hereby authorized to
have full access to the Respondent-Attorney’s law office and files in order
to carry out her duties. The Respondent-Attorney is further ordered to fully
cooperate with Disciplinary Counsel in transferring his client files and
accounts, and shall also comply with the mandate of Article III, Rule 15
within ten (10) days of the date of this Order.
3. Disciplinary Counsel’s Emergency Petition will be heard by the full Court
at its conference on September 4, 2025.
Entered as an Order of this Court this 29th Day of July 2025.
By Order,
/s/ Meredith A. Benoit Clerk -5- STATE OF RHODE ISLAND SUPREME COURT – CLERK’S OFFICE Licht Judicial Complex 250 Benefit Street Providence, RI 02903
ORDER COVER SHEET
Title of Case In the Matter of Dilloun Rademacher, Esq.
Case Number No. 2025-222-M.P.
Date Order Filed July 29, 2025
Suttell, C.J., Goldberg, Robinson, Lynch Prata, and Justices Long, JJ.
Source of Appeal N/A
Judicial Officer from Lower Court N/A
For Petitioner:
Kimberly Brissette Brown, Esq. Attorney(s) on Appeal Office of Disciplinary Counsel For Respondent:
Dilloun Rademacher, pro se
SU-CMS-02B (revised November 2022)
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