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Kristopher Twomey
Docket No. 23-BD-013
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Hearing Committee Report (September 16, 2024)
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DCCA Opinion (August 29, 2024)
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DCCA Order (July 17, 2024)
Summary: In re Kristopher E. Twomey. Bar No. 979338. July 17, 2024. Twomey was suspended on an interim basis pursuant to D.C. Bar R. XI, § 9(g), pending final action on the Board on Professional Responsibility’s May 31, 2024, recommendation of a two-year suspension.
Board Report and Orders (May 31, 2024)
Summary: In re Kristopher E. Twomey. Bar No. 979338. May 31, 2024. The Board on Professional Responsibility recommended that the D.C. Court of Appeals suspend Twomey for two years. While retained to represent two telecommunications companies seeking regulatory approvals that would entitle them to federal funds for providing high-speed internet service in rural areas under the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, Twomey violated Rules 1.3(c) (reasonable promptness), 1.4(a) (communication), 1.4(b) (failure to explain matter), 4.1(a) (false statement to third person), and 8.4(c) (dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation). Specifically, Twomey knew that one state would decline jurisdiction, but he failed to make good-faith efforts to obtain a formal declination in time to meet the deadline. Twomey also failed to tell both clients that he was not on track to timely obtain Eligible Telecommunication Carrier (ETC) status in four of the five states, which deprived them of the opportunity to reassign the state applications to other counsel and maintain their ability to seek a deadline waiver, if necessary. Also, Twomey gave affirmatively false assurances to his clients regarding the status of the ETC applications in those four states.
Hearing Committee Report (April 5, 2024)
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Charging Documents
Answer (March 15, 2023)
Specification of Charges (February 22, 2023)
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