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DISCIPLINARY SUMMARIES
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Disciplinary Actions Taken
by the Board on Professional
Responsibility Hearing
Committees on Negotiated
Discipline
In re Brian S. Brown. Bar No. 399542.
October 16, 2018. The Board on
Professional Responsibility's
Hearing Committee Number Four
recommends that the D.C. Court of
Appeals accept Brown's petition for
negotiated discipline and suspend
Brown for 30 days, stayed in favor
of six months of unsupervised probation with conditions for violations of Rules 1.1(b), 1.3(a), 1.3(b)(1),
1.4(a), and 1.4(b).
Disciplinary Actions Taken
by the Board on Professional
Responsibility
Original Matters
In re Edward Gonzalez. Bar
No. 426584. October 24, 2018.

The Board on Professional
Responsibility recommends that
the D.C. Court of Appeals suspend
Gonzalez for one year with
fitness. While retained to represent a husband and wife in a
bankruptcy matter, Gonzalez
failed to explain matters to the
extent reasonably necessary to
permit his clients to make
informed decisions regarding the
representation, failed to take
timely steps to the extent reasonably practicable to protect his
clients' interests in connection
with the termination of representation, and engaged in conduct
that seriously interfered with the
administration of justice. Rules
1.4(b), 1.16(d), and 8.4(d).
In re Bruce B. McLeod III. Bar
No. 978256. October 17, 2018.
The Board on Professional
Responsibility recommends

that the D.C. Court of Appeals
disbar McLeod by consent.
In re Luis F. Salgado. Bar No.
342444. October 23, 2018. The
Board on Professional Responsibility
recommends that the D.C. Court of
Appeals suspend Salgado for 30
days with fitness and further recommends that the period of suspension imposed in this case not
be considered as precedent in
future cases. Salgado engaged in
commingling and failed to keep
adequate records of his handling
of entrusted funds. Rule 1.5(a) and
D.C. Bar R. XI § 19(f).
In re Jason Mark Sims. Bar
No. 985903. October 29, 2018.
The Board on Professional
Responsibility recommends that
the D.C. Court of Appeals disbar
Sims by consent.
In re Ronald D. Swanson-Cerna.
Bar No. 472205. October 29, 2018.

The Board on Professional
Responsibility recommends that
the D.C. Court of Appeals disbar
Swanson-Cerna by consent.
The Office of Disciplinary Counsel
compiled the foregoing summaries
of disciplinary actions. Informal
Admonitions issued by Disciplinary
Counsel and Reports and
Recommendations issued by
the Board on Professional
Responsibility are posted at
www.dcattorneydiscipline.org.
Most board recommendations as
to discipline are not final until
considered by the court. Court
opinions are printed in the Atlantic
Reporter and also are available
online for decisions issued since
August 1998. To obtain a copy
of a recent slip opinion, visit
www.dccourts.gov court-ofappealsopinions-memorandum
-of-judgments.

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