In re Bereano, No. 94-BG-1667
| Docket Nº | No. 94-BG-1667 |
| Citation | 719 A.2d 98 |
| Case Date | October 29, 1998 |
| Court | Court of Appeals of Columbia District |
719 A.2d 98
In re Bruce C. BEREANO, Respondent.A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Nos. 94-BG-1667, 95-BG-531.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
October 29, 1998.
Before STEADMAN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
The Board on Professional Responsibility (the "Board") recommends the disbarment of respondent, who on April 25, 1995, was sentenced following his conviction of eight counts of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1346, in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. On August 28, 1998, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in an unpublished opinion, affirmed the convictions and remanded the case to the trial court for resentencing.1 In support of its recommendation, the Board filed a report, which is appended hereto, and to which neither Bar Counsel nor respondent objected.
Therefore, it is
ORDERED that pursuant to D.C.Code § 11-2503(a) (1995 Repl.), and D.C. Bar R. XI, § 11(f)(1), the recommendation by the Board is hereby adopted and imposed by this court. Respondent is hereby disbarred. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that respondent's attention is drawn to D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g) and the filing of the affidavit required thereby.
APPENDIX
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS BOARD ON PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
In the Matter of: BRUCE C. BEREANO, Respondent.
Bar Docket Nos. 513-94 & 188-95
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD ON PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Background
Respondent, a member of the District of Columbia Bar, was convicted, following a
On May 11, 1995, the Court ordered Respondent suspended from the practice of law in the District of Columbia pursuant to Rule XI, § 10(c), and directed the Board to institute a formal proceeding to determine the nature of the final discipline to be imposed, and specifically to review the...
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In re Shore, No. 96-BG-1214.
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ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COM'N OF MARYLAND v. Bereano, Misc. AG No. 11
...of Columbia Court of Appeals disbarred Bereano on the ground that mail fraud is a "crime involving moral turpitude per se." In re Bereano, 719 A.2d 98, 99 (D.C.1998) (per curiam). The United States Supreme Court then disbarred Bereano on January 744 A.2d 36 25, 1999. In re Bereano, 525 U.S.......
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In re Berger, No. 97-BG-1979
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In re Rehberger, No. 98-BG-333.
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In re Shore, No. 96-BG-1214.
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