CONTENTS JULY 2017 | VOLUME 31, NO. 11 05 YOUR VOICE 52 ASK THE ETHICS EXPERTS 06 FROM OUR PRESIDENT 54 DISCIPLINARY SUMMARIES 08 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 56 LAST WORD 10 FEATURE The Bar at 45 16 FEATURE D.C. Bar Annual Report 2016-17 21 FEATURE Reflections on Our History * 1970s * 1980s * 1990s * 2000s * 2010s 42 FEATURE The Founding of the D.C. Bar 46 FEATURE A Conversation With New D.C. Bar CEO Robert J. Spagnoletti 50 ATTORNEY BRIEFS See Special Section, pages 21-41 Cover photo: Robert J. Spagnoletti by Patrice Gilbert Photography This page: Darrell G. Mottley by Patrice Gilbert Photography Note: Unless otherwise credited, photos in this issue were scanned from archival issues of Washington Lawyer. Darrell G. Mottley, D.C. Bar President, 2011-12