In re Zappin

204 A.3d 116 (Mem)

IN RE Anthony Jacob ZAPPIN

A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Bar Registration No. 1008991

No. 18-BG-1347

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

FILED – March 21, 2019

ORDER

PER CURIAM

On consideration of the certified order of the Supreme Court of New York disbarring respondent from the practice of law in that state; the January 9, 2019, order suspending respondent from the practice of law in this jurisdiction and directing him to show cause why reciprocal discipline should not be imposed; respondent's motion for leave to file his late response and attachments; and the statement and supplemental statement of Disciplinary Counsel regarding reciprocal discipline, and it appearing that respondent filed the required D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g) affidavit on February 4, 2019, it is

ORDERED that respondent's motion for leave to file his late response is granted and the lodged response and attachments are filed. It is

FURTHER ORDERED that Anthony Jacob Zappin is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia, nunc pro tunc to February 4, 2019. To the extent respondent attempts to challenge the imposition of reciprocal discipline by requesting this court provide him a hearing to relitigate the underlying findings and discipline imposed by the State of New York, such a challenge is improper in reciprocal disciplinary proceedings, see In re Zdravkovich , 831 A.2d 964, 969 (D.C. 2003) ("Put simply, reciprocal discipline proceedings are not a forum to reargue the foreign discipline."). Further, to the extent respondent urges that this proceeding be dismissed because the state of New York either improperly imposed the doctrine of collateral estoppel as to respondent's actions that gave rise to the disciplinary action or that the standard of proof was...