Opinion
Bar Registration No. 989159 No. 24-BG-0353
06-20-2024
IN RE Joshua N. DEBOLD, A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
DDN: 2024-D032
BEFORE: Beckwith and Easterly, Associate Judges, and Washington, Senior Judge.
ORDER
PER CURIAM
On consideration of the certified order from the Commonwealth of Virginia revoking respondent’s license to practice law; this court’s May 3, 2024, order suspending respondent pending final disposition of this proceeding and directing him to show cause why disbarment should not be imposed as reciprocal discipline; and the statement of Disciplinary Counsel; and it appearing that respondent has not filed a response or his D.C. Bar R. XI § 14(g) affidavit, it is
ORDERED that Joshua N. Debold is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia. 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) (stating that the rebuttable presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies to all cases in which the respondent does not participate); see also In re Laibstain, 841 A.2d 1259, 1263 (D.C. 2004) (explaining that the equivalent sanction for revocation in the District is disbarment). 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).