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In re Gordon’s Empirical Analysis

780 F.3d 156 · 2015

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
May 2016
most recently cited

1 federal appellate ·

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  1. “An attorney’s default in disciplinary proceedings is a serious breach of the attorney’s professional obligations .to the Court and the public. In such a case, the attorney has not only failed to respond to a Court-sanctioned order, but has done so after the Court already has found good cause to question the attorney’s very competence to continue practicing in this Court. Furthermore, such defaults often seriously handicap the Committee and Court in their efforts to reach a fair determination based on a complete record, and usually result in waste of Committee and Court resources. Thus, in most cases, when an attorney knowingly defaults in a disciplinary proceeding, and fails to show good cause or excusable neglect for the default, the resulting disciplinary measure, for that misconduct alone, should be no less than a public reprimand.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority

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