Claudia Botty-Van Den Bruele

DCCA Opinion (July 14, 2022)

Summary: The D.C. Court of Appeals accepted Botty-Van Den Bruele’s petition for negotiated discipline and suspended her for 60 days, with 30 days stayed with conditions. Botty-Van Den Bruele voluntarily acknowledged that she failed to (1) communicate, in writing before or within a reasonable time after commencing a representation, the basis or rate of the fee and the scope of the representation; (2) maintain complete financial records; and (3) treat advances of unearned fees and costs as client property without obtaining informed consent to a different arrangement in violation of Rules 1.5(b), 1.15(a), and 1.15(e).

Hearing Committee Report (June 27, 2022)

Summary: The Board on Professional Responsibility’s Hearing Committee Number Eleven recommended that the D.C. Court of Appeals accept Botty-Van Den Bruele’s petition for negotiated discipline and suspend her for 60 days, with 30 days stayed for violations of Rules 1.5(b), 1.15(a), and 1.15(e).

Petition for Negotiated Discipline (August 2, 2021)