In re Strems

• Citation: 293 A.3d 403 (Mem)
• Docket Number: 21-BG-0456
• Decision Date: 04 May 2023
• Parties: IN RE Scot STREMS A Suspended Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Bar Registration No. 1025368
• Court: D.C. Court of Appeals

293 A.3d 403 (Mem)

IN RE Scot STREMS

A Suspended Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Bar Registration No. 1025368

No. 21-BG-0456

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Filed— May 4, 2023

ORDER

PER CURIAM

On further consideration of this court's July 14, 2021, order suspending respondent and staying this matter pending resolution of the Florida disciplinary proceedings; the certified order from the state of Florida disbarring respondent from the practice of law in that jurisdiction; this court's March 10, 2023, order lifting the stay and directing respondent to show cause why reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; and the statement of Disciplinary Counsel wherein he requests that reinstatement be conditioned upon respondent's reinstatement in Florida; and it appearing that respondent has not filed a response or his D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g) affidavit, it is

ORDERED that Scot Strems is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia and that prior to filing a petition for reinstatement he must first be reinstated to practice law in the state of Florida. See In re Sibley , 990 A.2d 483, 487-88 (D.C. 2010) (explaining that there is a rebuttable presumption in favor of imposition of identical discipline and exceptions to this presumption should be rare); In re Fuller , 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C. 2007) (explaining that a rebuttable presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies unless one of the exceptions is established); see also In re Hoffman , 267 A.3d 1016 (D.C. 2022) (conditioning eligibility to seek reinstatement on readmission in original disciplining jurisdiction). It is

FURTHER ORDERED that, for purposes of calculating his eligibility to seek reinstatement, the mandatory five-year period of Mr. Strems's disbarment 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).