Opinion
No. 14–BG–1001.
11-26-2014
In re Laura E. JORDAN, Respondent.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
On consideration of the certified order of the Court of Appeals of Maryland indefinitely suspending respondent from the practice of law with the right to apply for reinstatement in eighteen months, see Attorney Grievance Com'n of Maryland v. Jordan, 439 Md. 325, 96 A.3d 142 (2014), this court's September 24, 2014, order directing respondent to show cause why the functionally equivalent discipline in the form of a suspension for a period of eighteen months, with reinstatement conditioned upon a showing of fitness, should not be imposed, and the statement of Bar Counsel regarding reciprocal discipline, and it appearing that respondent filed timely affidavits as required by In re Goldberg, 460 A.2d 982 (D.C.1983), and D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g), it is
ORDERED that Laura E. Jordan is hereby suspended from the practice of law in the District of Columbia for a period of eighteen months, nunc pro tunc to August 18, 2014. Reinstatement is contingent upon a showing of fitness. See In re Sibley, 990 A.2d 483 (D.C.2010), and In re Fuller, 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C.2007).