In re Priest

285 A.3d 504 (Mem)

IN RE Troy A. PRIEST

An Administratively Suspended Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Bar Registration No. 444362

No. 22-BG-701

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Filed— November 23, 2022

ORDER

PER CURIAM

On consideration of the certified order from the state of Maryland indefinitely suspending respondent from the practice of law by consent; this court's September 21, 2022, order suspending respondent pending final disposition of this proceeding and directing him to show cause why reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; and the statement of Disciplinary Counsel requesting the imposition of functionally identical discipline; and it appearing that respondent has not filed a response or his D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(g) affidavit, it is

ORDERED that Troy A. Priest is hereby indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in the District of Columbia subject to a fitness requirement with reinstatement conditioned on either his reinstatement to practice law by the state of Maryland or after five years, whichever occurs first. See In re Maignan , 988 A.2d 493, 495 (D.C. 2010) (setting forth the functionally equivalent discipline for an indefinite suspension without a required minimum period of suspension); In re Sibley , 990 A.2d 483, 487-88 (D.C. 2010) (explaining that there is a...