CONTENTS JUNE 2019 | VOLUME 33, NO. 9 05 YOUR VOICE THE Legal Ethics ISSUE 06 FROM OUR PRESIDENT 08 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 1 0 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 1 2 FEATURE MEET SUSAN M. HOFFMAN: 48TH PRESIDENT OF THE D.C. BAR 16 FEATURE REGULATION COUNSEL: ENSURING THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS 16 20 FEATURE DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL: ACTING ON MISCONDUCT CHARGES 24 FEATURE LIFE AFTER DISCIPLINARY ACTION 33 BAR BUSINESS: BUDGET REPORT 34 GLOBAL & DOMESTIC OUTLOOK 36 WORTH READING 24 37 MEDIA BYTES 38 ATTORNEY BRIEFS 20 40 ASK THE ETHICS EXPERTS 41 RULE UPDATES: RULE 49 ON PRO BONO ATTORNEYS 42 DISCIPLINARY SUMMARIES 44 SPECIAL COVERAGE: 2019 JUDICIAL & BAR CONFERENCE 46 COMMUNITY & CONNECTIONS 48 LAST WORD Cover: Susan M. Hoffman, Patrice Gilbert Photography This page clockwise from top: building blocks, iStock; Disciplinary Counsel Phil Fox, Patrice Gilbert Photography; ladder, iStock