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In re Gordon

D.C. Court of Appeals
Aug 15, 2024
320 A.3d 338 (D.C. 2024)

Opinion

No. 24-BG-0652

08-15-2024

IN RE Alisha E. GORDON, Respondent A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Bar Registration No. 1010943)


On Report and Recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility Hearing Committee Number Four Approving Amended Petition for Negotiated Discipline (BDN: 24-ND-003; DDN: 2022-D091)

Before Beckwith and McLeese, Associate Judges, and Ruiz, Senior Judge. Per Curiam:

This decision is nonprecedential. Please refer to D.C. Bar R. XI, § 12.1(d) regarding the appropriate citation of this opinion.

In this disciplinary matter, the Hearing Committee recommends approval of an amended petition for negotiated attorney discipline. See D.C. Bar R. XI, § 12.1(c). Respondent Alisha E. Gordon voluntarily acknowledged that, in connection with securing a temporary restraining order ("TRO") on behalf of a client, she (1) misrepresented to the court that she had notified the opposing parties of the TRO hearing and (2) failed to subsequently correct the misrepresentation at opposing counsel’s request. As a result, respondent admits that she knowingly made a false statement of fact to a tribunal and failed to correct it in violation of D.C. R. Pro. Conduct 3.3(a). Respondent further admits that she thereby also engaged in conduct involving dishonesty or misrepresentation that seriously interfered with the administration of justice in violation of D.C. R. Pro. Conduct 8.4(c)-(d). The proposed discipline consists of a public censure and six hours of continuing legal education courses preapproved by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel.

Having reviewed the Committee’s recommendation in accordance with our procedures in uncontested disciplinary cases, see D.C. Bar R. XI, § 12.1(d), we agree that this case is appropriate for negotiated discipline and that "the agreed-upon sanction is ‘justified,’ " In re Mensah, 262 A.3d 1100, 1104 (D.C. 2021) (per curiam) (quoting D.C. Bar R. XI, § 12.1(c)(3)), in light of reasonably analogous precedents. See In re Benjamin, 698 A.2d 434, 441 (D.C. 1997) (explaining that a public censure "is within the range of sanctions that might be imposed in a non-reciprocal case" for misrepresentations to a court); cf. In re Rohde, 234 A.3d 1203 (D.C. 2020) (per curiam) (public censure for misrepresentations to a court). Accordingly, it is

ORDERED that respondent Alisha E. Gordon is publicly censured and required to complete six hours of continuing legal education preapproved by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel.

So ordered.


Summaries of

In re Gordon

D.C. Court of Appeals
Aug 15, 2024
320 A.3d 338 (D.C. 2024)
Case details for

In re Gordon

Case Details

Full title:In re Alisha E. Gordon, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of…

Court:D.C. Court of Appeals

Date published: Aug 15, 2024

Citations

320 A.3d 338 (D.C. 2024)