Opinion
No. 22-BG-699
11-23-2022
IN RE John B. MARCIN, An Administratively Suspended Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Bar Registration No. 437790
PER CURIAM.
ORDER
PER CURIAM
On consideration of the certified order from the state of Nevada suspending respondent for four years; this court's September 21, 2022, order suspending respondent pending final disposition of this proceeding and directing him to show cause why reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; and the statement of Disciplinary Counsel requesting the imposition of substantially different discipline in the form of disbarment because respondent was found to have intentionally misappropriated entrusted funds; and it appearing that respondent has not filed a response or his D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g) affidavit with this court, it is
ORDERED that John B. Marcin is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia. See In re O'Neill , 276 A.3d 492, 503 (D.C. 2022) ("Disbarment is the presumptive sanction for intentional misappropriation of client funds[.]"); 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 Jacoby , 945 A.2d 1193, 1199-1200 (D.C. 2008) (describing the two-step inquiry for concluding whether the "substantially different discipline" exception applies as determining whether the misconduct would have resulted in the same punishment and if the discipline would be different, whether the difference is "substantial"). It is
FURTHER ORDERED that, for purposes of reinstatement, respondent'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).