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MATTER OF AUSTERN

No. 86-1700.

524 A.2d 680 (1987)

In the Matter of David T. AUSTERN, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Henderson, Jr., Bar Counsel, and Samuel McClendon, Asst. Bar Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief in support of findings of fact and conclusions of law of Hearing Committee Number Three, before the Bd. on Professional Responsibility.

John T. Coyne and John Tremain May, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for respondent challenging the findings of Hearing Committee Number Three, before the Bd. on Professional Responsibility.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and NEBEKER and BELSON, Associate Judges.

PRYOR, Chief Judge:

Respondent is charged with violating DR1-102(A)(4) and DR7-102(A)(7) of the Code of Professional Responsibility by engaging in conduct involving dishonesty and misrepresentation and by counseling or assisting a client in conduct that the lawyer knows to be illegal or fraudulent. Specifically, he is alleged to have assisted in closing a real estate transaction despite being told by his client that the client's escrow account would have insufficient...

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