Perlesta Hollingsworth

DCCA Opinion (June 13, 2019)

Summary: The D.C. Court of Appeals approved a petition for negotiated discipline and suspended Hollingsworth for six months, with three months of the suspension stayed in favor of one year of unsupervised probation subject to the following conditions: (1) that Hollingsworth not engage in any misconduct, as defined in D.C. Bar Rule XI § 2(b), in this or any jurisdiction during his probationary period and (2) that he complete a continuing legal education course preapproved by Disciplinary Counsel. The petition is based on Hollingsworth’s voluntary acknowledgment that his mismanagement of his Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Account caused him to negligently misappropriate entrusted funds in violation of D.C. Rule of Professional Conduct 1.15(a).

Hearing Committee Report (May 13, 2019)

Summary: The Board on Professional Responsibility’s Hearing Committee Number Six recommended that the D.C. Court of Appeals accept Hollingsworth’s petition for negotiated discipline and suspend him for six months, with three months stayed in favor of a one-year probation with the conditions that Hollingsworth (1) not engage in any misconduct in this or any other jurisdiction during the period of probation and (2) complete nine hours of continuing legal education courses pre-approved by Disciplinary Counsel, and with a violation of the terms of probation resulting in Hollingsworth serving the full six-month suspension for violations of Rule 1.15(a).