Opinion
No. 10-BG-1029.
Filed November 4, 2010.
Bar Registration No. 429449; BDN: 258-10.
Before REID, Associate Judge, TERRY and KING, Senior Judges.
ORDER
On consideration of the certified order of the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department accepting respondent's disciplinary resignation and disbarring respondent from the practice of law, this court's September 2, 2010, order suspending respondent pending further action of the court and directing him to show cause why identical reciprocal discipline should not be imposed, the statement of Bar Counsel regarding reciprocal discipline, and it appearing that respondent has failed to file either a response to this court's order to show cause or the affidavit required by D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g), it is
ORDERED that John D. Lewis, Esquire, is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia. See In re Fuller, 930 A2d 194, 198 (D.C. 2007) and In re Willingham, 900 A2d 165 (D.C. 2006) (rebuttable presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies to all cases in which the respondent does not participate, including those involving disbarment). It is
FURTHER ORDERED that for purposes of reinstatement respondent's suspension 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).