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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

In Re Washington, 489 A.2d 452 (1985)

Citation
In Re Washington, 489 A.2d 452 (1985)
Parent Document
In Re Washington, 489 A.2d 452 (1985)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1985-02-28

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nature of disciplinary proceedings, which have as their aim the protection of the public, justifies a relaxation of the rules in this case. Bar Counsel inveighs against “rigid formalities” and “meaningless technicalities.” We wish to make it unequivocally clear that, while we recognize and try to adhere to a certain degree of informality as mandated by the Court’s rules, we conclude that Bar Counsel has taken his argument to a meaningless extreme in this case. The procedures set forth by the Hearing Committee —first, in insisting that documentary evidence be exchanged by the parties before the hearing and second in insisting that Bar Counsel limit his cross examination of Respondent to the matters testified to by Respondent on direct examination — were reasonably calculated to control and expedite the presentation of the evidence and therefore deserving of enforcement. Counsel should not resort to generalized invocations of the sui generis