Abigail Askew

DCCA Opinion (July 31, 2014)

Summary: 6 month suspension, with all but 60 days stayed, with a concurrently commencing period of one year supervised probation with all conditions recommended by the Board

Board Report and Orders (July 31, 2013)

Summary: The Board on Professional Responsibility recommends that the D.C. Court of Appeals suspend Askew for 30 days, stayed for a one-year probation period with conditions. While appointed to represent a single client on appeal to the D.C. Court of Appeals from a denial of the client’s motion to vacate his criminal conviction, Askew failed to communicate with her client and to keep him informed, failed to file the brief with the court, failed to comply with the court’s orders to file the brief, and failed to timely provide her client’s files to successor counsel, as ordered by the court. Rules 1.1(a), 1.1(b), 1.3(a), 1.4(a), 1.4(b), 1.16(d), 3.4(c), and 8.4(d).

Hearing Committee Report (May 22, 2013)

Summary: Not yet available.