IN RE MATZKIN, No. 03-BG-1258.
Decision Date | 27 May 2004 |
Docket Number | No. 03-BG-1258. |
Parties | In re Sheldon I. MATZKIN, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. |
Court | D.C. Court of Appeals |
Before STEADMAN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and NEBEKER, Senior Judge.
Sheldon I. Matzkin, now 77 years of age, was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1962. On March 12, 1993, Matzkin was convicted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia of conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with a bribery scheme relating to his work as an attorney and consultant for defense contractors. He was sentenced to incarceration for 33 months. The trial judge imposed an enhanced sentence "because of there being more than one bribe" and because "the bribed official held a high-level sensitive position."
On February 1, 1994, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed Matzkin's conviction, as well as the sentencing enhancement. United States v. Matzkin, 14 F.3d 1014 (4th Cir. 1994). On October 26, 1995, this court concluded, as had the Board on Professional Responsibility, that Matzkin's conviction involved moral turpitude per se, and ordered that Matzkin be disbarred. In re Matzkin, 665 A.2d 1388, 1389-90 (D.C. 1995) (per curiam).
On June 15, 2001, Matzkin filed a petition for reinstatement. On September 21, 2001, an evidentiary hearing was held before an Ad Hoc Hearing Committee. On March 22, 2002, the Committee issued a comprehensive and thoughtful Report and Recommendation. The Committee recommended that the petition be denied. Upon considering and applying the five factors set forth in In re Roundtree, 503 A.2d 1215, 1217 (D.C.1985),1 the Committee stated, inter alia:
The Committee focused especially on Matzkin's failure to recognize the seriousness of his misconduct:
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...the Committee on Admissions of what the Board on Professional Responsibility said of a reinstatement case, In re Sheldon I. Matzkin, No. 03-BG-1258, 850 A.2d 310 (D.C.2004). In recommending against Matzkin's reinstatement, the Board applied the five Roundtree1 factors, and then Roundtree an......