Censure, suspension, or disbarment by other courts

1. Law
2. District of Columbia Code
3. Organization and Jurisdiction of the Courts. [Enacted title]
4. Attorneys
5. Censure, suspension, or disbarment by other courts

The Federal courts in the District of Columbia and the Superior Court may censure, suspend, or expel an attorney from the practice at their respective bars, for a crime involving moral turpitude, or professional misconduct, or conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice. If an attorney is expelled from practice under this section, the court expelling that attorney shall notify the other Federal courts in the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals of the action taken.

(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 521, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 111; June 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-266, § 1(b)(115), 108 Stat. 713.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 11-2504.

1973 Ed., § 11-2504.

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