LAST WORD WALLACE E. 'GENE' SHIPP The Disciplinary Counsel for the District of Columbia, will step down mid-2017 after serving 35 years in office. He leaves us with these words of wisdom: "We are a profession because we are required to be highly educated in the law. We had to pass the bar exam to be admitted. While many in our ranks are running a law practice, serving in government, or working in a nonprofit, we all are required to be ethically responsible to the public we serve, to our opponents, and to the courts that licensed us." Photo courtesy of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel 48 WASHINGTON LAWYER * OCTOBER 2016 *http://dcbar.org