District of Columbia Statutes

§ 11-2503 — Disbarment upon conviction of crime; procedure for censure, suspension, or disbarment.

District of Columbia § 11-2503
JurisdictionDistrict of Columbia
Title 11Organization and Jurisdiction of the Courts. [Enacted title]
Ch. 25Attorneys.

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D.C. Code § 11-2503 (2026).

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(a)When a member of the bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals is convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude, and a certified copy of the conviction is presented to the court, the court shall, pending final determination of an appeal from the conviction, suspend the member of the bar from practice. Upon reversal of the conviction the court may vacate or modify the suspension. If a final judgment of conviction is certified to the court, the name of the member of the bar so convicted shall be struck from the roll of the members of the bar and such person shall thereafter cease to be a member. Upon the granting of a pardon to a member so convicted, the court may vacate or modify the order of disbarment.
(b)Except as provided in subsection (a), a member of the bar may not b

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Legislative History

July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 521, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 111; June 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-266, §§ 1(b)(113), (114), 108 Stat. 713

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