The District of Columbia Court of Appeals recently suspended two attorneys based on disability

DCCA Order (April 2, 2024)

Summary: In re Michael E. Lechliter. Bar No. 981732. April 2, 2024. The D.C. Court of Appeals indefinitely suspended Lechliter based on disability pursuant to D.C. Bar R. XI, § 13(c).

The web page of the D.C. Bar lists his last address as Covington and Burling; Law 360 reported in April 2022

Brooklyn Union Gas Co. has already spent $200-plus million as part of the project to clean up in and around the Gowanus Canal, the 1.8-mile Brooklyn waterway that doubles as a Superfund Site. The company is poised to spend hundreds of millions more. Thanks to a hard-fought trial victory by the company’s lawyers at Covington & Burling, a team led by Ben Razi, Gretchen Hoff Varner and Mike Lechliter, the company’s former insurer, Century Indemnity Company, is now set to chip in for part of that cleanup bill.

After nearly five weeks of trial in New York Supreme Court where the Covington team was pitted against the insurer’s team at O’Melveny & Myers led by Dan Petrocelli, a Manhattan jury this week sided with their client Brooklyn Union Gas finding that the damage the company caused was overwhelmingly accidental and its notice to the insurer was timely.

The second order involves an Assistant United States Attorney

DCCA Order (April 1, 2024)

Summary: In re Michael D. Brittin. Bar No. 354803. April 1, 2024. The D.C. Court of Appeals indefinitely suspended Brittin based on his medical disability pursuant to D.C. Bar R. XI, § 13(c).

In such matters, the basis of the suspension is not publicly disclosed. (Mike Frisch)