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Joseph Costello
Docket No. 2019-D169
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DCCA Order (July 30, 2020)
Summary: In re Joseph R. Costello. Bar No. 465007. July 30, 2020. In a reciprocal matter from New York, the D.C. Court of Appeals imposed equivalent reciprocal discipline and suspended Costello for six months with fitness, nunc pro tunc to June 2, 2020. In New York, Costello was found to have misappropriated entrusted funds and failed to comply with recordkeeping obligations.
DCCA Order (February 28, 2020)
Summary: In re Joseph R. Costello. Bar No. 465007. February 28, 2020. Costello was suspended on an interim basis based upon discipline imposed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department.
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