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56 A.3d 1224

In re Sutherland

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided December 13, 2012

District of Columbia Court of Appeals · decided 2012-12-13

Relies on In Re Fuller · In re Willingham

Decided 2012-12-13

¶1ORDER

PER CURIAM.

¶2On consideration of the certified order of the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoking respondent’s license to practice law in that jurisdiction, this court’s Oeto-ber 3, 2012, order suspending respondent pending further action of the court and directing him to show cause why the functional equivalent reciprocal discipline of disbarment should not be imposed, the statement of Bar Counsel regarding reciprocal discipline, and it appearing that respondent has failed to file a response to this court’s order to show cause or the affidavit required by D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g), it is

¶3ORDERED that John A. Sutherland, Jr., is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia. See In re Fuller, 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C.2007), and In re Willingham, 900 A.2d 165 (D.C.2006) (rebuttable presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies to all cases in which the respondent does not participate). It is

¶4FURTHER ORDERED that for purposes of reinstatement respondent’s suspension will not begin to run until such time as he files an affidavit that fully complies with the requirements of D.C.Bar. R. XI, § 14(g).

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