| Events |
| Event Date | Status | Description | Result |
| 09/03/1997 | | DISCIPLINARY LETTER from the Office of Bar Counsel with a certified copy of the entry of a guilty plea, from the USDC for the Southern District of Florida, for the above-named attorney. | |
| 09/22/1997 | | ORDER On consideration of the Certified copy of the quilty plea of respondent in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. it is ORDERED, pursuant to Rule XI, Sec 10 (c) of the Rules Governing the Bar of the District of Columbia, that respondent, Francisco Laguna, is suspended from the practice of law in the District of Columbia, and the Board on Professional Responsibility is directed to institute a formal proceeding for determination of the nature of the final discipline to be imposed, and specifically to review the elements of the offenses for the purpose of determining whether or not the crimes involve moral turpitude within the meaning of D.C. Code Sec 11-2503 (a). Respondent's attention is drawn to the requirements of D.C. Bar Rule XI, Sec 14 relating to suspended attorneys and to the provisions of Sec 16 (c) dealing with the timing of eligibility for reinstatement as related to compliance with Sec 14, including the filing of the required affidavit. It is FURTHER ORDERED that Bar Counsel inform the Court if the matter is resolved without the necessity of further court action. (AMW) | |
| 09/22/1997 | | AFFIDAVIT of respondent filed per order of October 23, 1997. | |
| 10/09/1997 | | AFFIDAVIT of respondent. | |
| 10/10/1997 | | LETTER from the Office of Bar Counsel stating that they do not oppose the imposition of sanctionnunc pro tunc to September 22, 1997, the date of respondent's interim suspension in this jurisdic- tion. | |
| 10/14/1997 | | RESPONDENT'S BRIEF construed as respondent's motion for the imposition of sanction nunc pro tunc to April 20, 1995, the date of respondent's guilty plea in the Southern District of Florida. | |
| 10/23/1997 | | ORDER On consideration of respondent's affidavit pursuant to D.C. Bar R. XI, Sec 14 (g), respondent's brief contrued as respondent's motion for the imposition of sanction nunc pro tunc to April 20, 1995, the date of respondent's guilty plea in the Southern District of Florida, and the letter from Bar Counsel stating that Bar Counsel does not oppose the imposition of sanction nunc pro tunc to September 22, 1997, the date of respondent's interim suspension in this jurisdiction, it is ORDERED that respondent's motion is granted to the extent that the Clerk shall file respondent's affidavit nunc pro tunc to September 22, 1997, the date of his interim suspension in this jurisdiction. (SC,RD,NW) | |
| 12/24/1997 | | REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD ON PROF. RESP. that when a judgment of conviction is entered in respondent's criminal case (as to which we will promptly notify the Court), an order of disbarment should be entered nunc pro tunc to April 20, 1995. | |
| 01/07/1998 | | LETTER from the Office of Bar Counsel taking no exceptions to the Report and Recommendation of the BPR. | |
| 01/26/1998 | | LETTER from the Office of Bar Counsel regarding the Board's report in this matter. | |
| 02/05/1998 | | ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER MOTION FOR STAY On consideration of the report and recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility dated December 24, 1997, recommending that respondent be disbarred based on his plea of guilty to a crime of moral turpitude, and it appearing that respondent has not been sentenced on his plea, and the letter from Bar Counsel taking no exception to the report and recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility, and there appearing to be no opposition thereto, it is ORDERED that this matter is stayed pending Bar Counsel notifying this Court promptly of respondent's criminal conviction. It is FURHTER ORDERED that Bar Counsel advise the Court if the matter is concluded without the necessity of further court action. (By FA, RD, GA) | |
| 08/17/1999 | | LETTER from the Office of Bar Counsel with a certified copy of the judgment of criminal conviction entered against Respondent in the United Staes District Court for the Southern District of Florida on July 12, 1999. | |
| 08/25/1999 | | ORDER On further consideration of this Court's order of February 5, 1998, which stayed this matter pending the judgment of conviction in respondent's criminal case before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and the August 17, 1999, letter from Bar Counsel along with a certified copy of the July 12, 1999, judgment of conviction of respondent's criminal case in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, it is ORDERED, sua sponte, that the stay entered by this court on February 5, 1998, is hereby vacated. It is FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk is directed to schedule this matter for consideration by a merits division of this court as soon as the calendar permits. (FA, RD, GA) | |
| 08/25/1999 | | PROCEED WITH APPEAL, NO LONGER ON HOLD/STAYED | |
| 08/25/1999 | | BRIEFS COMPLETED | |
| 08/30/1999 | | FINAL SCREENING - SUMMARY CALENDAR I | |
| 02/25/2000 | | CALENDAR NOTICE SENT | |
| 04/11/2000 | | SUBMITTED (TE,ST,MK) | |
| 04/27/2000 | | DISBARMENT Accordingly, it is ORDERED that respondent Francisco A. Laguna be, and he hereby is disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia nunc pro tunc to April 20, 1995. (By TE, ST, MK) | |
| 02/27/2001 | | RECEIVED from Bar Counsel a letter with a certified copy of an order of the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board revoking thelicense of respondent. | |