Opinion
21-BG-458
09-30-2021
IN RE ERNEST P. FRANCIS A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Bar Registration No. 439894
2021 DDN 18
BEFORE: Easterly and McLeese, Associate Judges, and Nebeker, Senior Judge.
ORDER
PER CURIAM
On consideration of the certified order from the state of Virginia revoking respondent's license to practice law in that jurisdiction by consent; this court's July 14, 2021, order suspending respondent pending resolution of this matter and directing him to show cause why the equivalent reciprocal discipline of disbarment should not be imposed; and the statement of Disciplinary Counsel; and it appearing respondent has not filed a response to the court's order or his D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g) affidavit, it is
ORDERED that Ernest P. Francis is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia. See In re Sibley, 990 A.2d 483 (D.C. 2010); In re Fuller, 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C. 2007) (rebuttable presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies to all cases in which the respondent does not participate). It is
FURTHER ORDERED that for purposes of reinstatement respondent's disbarment will not begin to run until such time as he files his D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g) affidavit.