Humble Pie

I have taken the unusual step of deleting a blog post from yesterday expressing concern that six employees of the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility Executive Attorney staff attended an oral argument in the Court of Appeals.

While I stand by the view that the board office is grossly overstaffed and a waste of limited disciplinary resources, that situation is the result of a failure of leadership. It is not a reflection of any shortcomings of the line attorney and support staff.

Staff should not be subject to criticism for attending an oral argument. Indeed, I feel nothing but sympathy for the staff that are employed in the most dysfunctional office that I have ever seen.

My decision to publicly rant on the subject was an error in judgment for which I apologize. (Mike Frisch)