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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
No. 15-BG-459
IN RE: HERBERT J. TAN,
Respondent.
Bar Registration No. 496860 BDN: 91-15
BEFORE: Thompson, Associate Judge, and Nebeker and Farrell, Senior Judges.
ORDER
(FILED – July 23, 2015)
On consideration of the certified order suspending respondent from the practice
of law in the state of New Jersey for a period of one year and until further order of
the court, this court’s May 18, 2015, order directing respondent to show cause why
the functional equivalent reciprocal discipline in the form of a one year suspension
with a fitness requirement should not be imposed, and the statement of Bar Counsel,
and it appearing that respondent has failed to file either a response to this court’s
order to show cause or the affidavit required by D.C. Bar R. XI, §14 (g), it is
ORDERED that Herbert J. Tan is hereby suspended for a period of one year
with reinstatement conditioned on a showing of fitness. See In re Sibley, 990 A.2d
483 (D.C. 2010); In re Fuller, 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C. 2007) (rebuttable
presumption of identical reciprocal discipline applies to all cases in which the
respondent does not participate). It is
FURTHER ORDERED that for purposes of reinstatement the period of
respondent’s suspension will not begin to run until such time as he files a D.C. Bar.
R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit.
PER CURIAM