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In re Venable

District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Dec 22, 1993
641 A.2d 853 (D.C. 1993)

Opinion

No. 92-SP-583.

Submitted December 2, 1993.

Decided December 22, 1993.

Before SCHWELB, WAGNER, and KING, Associate Judges.


On August 27, 1991, William H.C. Venable entered an Alford plea in the District Court of Sheridan County, Wyoming, to one count of embezzlement by employee, a felony under the law of Wyoming. In its Report and Recommendation, the Board on Professional Responsibility concluded that the offense of which Venable was convicted involves moral turpitude per se, and recommended disbarment.

North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970).

Venable's counsel initially filed a timely exception to the report pursuant to D.C.Bar Rule XI, § 9(e). On July 6, 1993, however, counsel filed a motion to withdraw the exception and to "allow . . . [respondent] to accept voluntary entry of the judgment of disbarment, pursuant to D.C. Code § 11-2503(a) (1989)." Bar Counsel did not oppose the motion and, on July 23, 1993, the motion was granted by order of this court.

Accordingly, William H.C. Venable is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia, effective as of the date of this order. So ordered.

We direct respondent's attention to D.C.Bar R. XI, §§ 14 and 16(c), which sets forth certain rights and responsibilities of disbarred attorneys.


Summaries of

In re Venable

District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Dec 22, 1993
641 A.2d 853 (D.C. 1993)
Case details for

In re Venable

Case Details

Full title:In re William H.C. VENABLE, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the…

Court:District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Date published: Dec 22, 1993

Citations

641 A.2d 853 (D.C. 1993)

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