IN RE DOBBIE

No. 21-BG-0024.

305 A.3d 780 (2023)

IN RE Mary Chris DOBBIE, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Bar Registration No. 975939) In re Reagan Taylor, Respondent. An Attorney Licensed to Practice Law in the State of Tennessee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 7, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Simeone , Washington, DC, with whom Thomas B. Mason and Amy E. Richardson , Washington, DC, were on the brief, for respondent Dobbie.

J. Alex Little for respondent Taylor.

Hamilton P. Fox, III , Disciplinary Counsel, with whom Hendrik deBoer , Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, was on the brief, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Washington, DC, filed a brief on behalf of the National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys and Individual Former Assistant United States Attorneys as amici curiae, in support of respondents.

David B. Goodhand , with whom Stacy M. Ludwig , Channing D. Phillips , Elizabeth Trosman , Washington, DC, John P. Mannarino , and Patrice M. Mulkern were on the brief on behalf of the United States as amicus curiae, in support of respondents.

Samia Fam filed a brief on behalf of the Public Defender Service as amicus curiae, in support of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel.

Sarah F. Kirkpatrick , Washington, DC, filed a brief on behalf of the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project as amicus curiae, in support of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel.

Dissenting opinion by Associate Judge Deahl at page 815.


In Vaughn v. United States, 93 A.3d 1237 (D.C. 2014), this court held that the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia had violated its constitutional obligation under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L...

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