Just when it looked like the long-running discipline case against former Assistant U.S. Attorney G. Paul Howes couldn’t get any more complicated, it did. The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility on July 27 issued three conflicting recommendations on how Howes should be sanctioned.
Four board members voted for disbarment. Three recommended a three-year suspension with no requirement to show fitness before reinstatement. And two recommended a one-year suspension, also without having to show fitness.
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