IN RE: WILLIAM F. DUKER

Case Information: 97-BG-1457
Short Caption:	IN RE: WILLIAM F. DUKER	Classification:	Bar Governance - Bar - Disciplinary
Superior Court or Agency Case Number:	BDN387-97	Filed Date:	09/09/1997
Opening Event Date:	09/09/1997	Case Status:	Closed
Record Completed:		Post-Decision Matter Pending:
Briefs Completed:	06/24/1998
Argued/Submitted:	01/12/1999
Disposition:		Next Scheduled Action:
Mandate Issued:

Events
Event Date	Status	Description	Result
09/09/1997		DISCIPLINARY LETTER from the Office of Bar Counsel with a certified copy of the docket entry reflecting the guilty plea, from the USDC for the Southern District of New York, on the above-named respondent.
09/22/1997		ORDER On consideration of the certified copy of the docket entry reflecting the guilty plea of respondent in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, it is ORDERED, pursuant to Rule XI, Sec 10 (C) of the Rules Governing the Bar of the District of Columbia, that respondent, William F. Duker, 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 one or more of the crimes involves 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)
09/25/1997		LETTER from respondent's counsel consenting to proposed order commanding counsel to refrain from the practice of law in this Circuit.
12/17/1997		LETTER from the Office of Bar Counsel with a certified copy of the judgment of conviction entered in the USDC for the Southern District of New York.
04/13/1998		LETTER from the Office of Bar Counsel with a certified copy of an order of the USCA for the DC Circuit suspending the above-referenced attorney.
05/29/1998		REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD ON PROF. RESP. that the respondent be disbarred pursuant to D.C. Code Sec 11-2503(a). The disbarment should run from the time respondent files the affidavit required under Rule XI, Sec 14 (g).
06/01/1998		LETTER from the Office of Bar Counsel taking no exception to the report and recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility.
06/24/1998		BRIEFS COMPLETED
06/24/1998		FINAL SCREENING - SUMMARY CALENDAR I
12/02/1998		CALENDAR NOTICE SENT
01/12/1999	Filed	ACTION - Argued / Submitted
01/12/1999		SUBMITTED (ST,FA,RU)
01/28/1999		DISBARMENT ORDERED that William F. Duker, Esquire, is disbarred, effective forthwith, from the practice of law in the District of Columbia. Respondent's attention is again called to D.C. Bar R. XI, Sec 14, including the affidavit requirement of subsection (g), and to the consequences of not timely complying with the requirements of section 14 set forth in D.C. Bar R. XI, Sec 16 (c). (By ST, FA, RZ)
02/19/1999		NOTICE RECEIVED from the Office of Bar Counsel that respondent has not filed affidavit required by DC App.R.XI, SS 14(g).
03/31/1999		RECEIVED letter from the Office of Bar Counsel with a certified copy of an order of the USCA for the DC Circuit suspending respondent based on his criminal conviction in the USDC for the Southern District of New York.