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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
No. 20-BG-725
IN RE WILLIAM F. BURTON
2020 DDN 208
A Suspended Member of the Bar of the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Bar Registration No. 431812
BEFORE: Glickman and Deahl, Associate Judges, and Nebeker, Senior Judge.
ORDER
(FILED— February 25, 2021)
On consideration of the certified order of the Court of Appeals of Maryland
disbarring respondent by consent from the practice of law in that jurisdiction; this
court’s December 18, 2020, order suspending respondent pending resolution of this
matter and directing him to show cause why reciprocal discipline should not be
imposed; and the statement of Disciplinary Counsel; and it appearing that respondent
failed to file either a response to this court’s order to show cause or his D.C. Bar R.
XI, §14(g) affidavit, it is
ORDERED that William F. Burton is hereby disbarred from the practice of
law in the District of Columbia. 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 disbarment will not begin to run until such time as he files a D.C. Bar
R. XI, § 14(g) affidavit.
PER CURIAM