IN RE SOTO

No. 22-BG-0601.

298 A.3d 762 (2023)

IN RE Benjamin M. SOTO, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Bar Registration No. 453728).

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 3, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter R. Kolker , with whom Casey Trombley-Shapiro Jonas , Washington, DC, was on the brief, for respondent.

Theodore (Jack) Metzler , Senior Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Hamilton P. Fox, III , Disciplinary Counsel, Julia L. Porter , Deputy Disciplinary Counsel, Myles V. Lynk , Senior Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, and Joseph C. Perry , Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, were on the brief for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel.

Before AliKhan and Shanker, Associate Judges, and Fisher, Senior Judge.


The Board on Professional Responsibility recommends that we suspend respondent Benjamin M. Soto from the practice of law for six months based on his conduct in a real estate transaction and the ensuing disciplinary investigation. The Board found that Soto had violated D.C. R. Prof...

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