D.C. Court of Appeals Suspends Telecom Lawyer for 2 Years
Telecom and broadband regulatory lawyer Kristopher Twomey was suspended from practicing in the District of Columbia for two years, the D.C. Court of Appeals ordered Thursday. Accepting the recommendation of its Board of Professional Responsibility, the court said Twomey gave…
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two clients false assurances about the status of their eligible telecommunication carrier applications. In addition, Twomey, the board said, created a false docket number for a California application so he could cover up that he had not filed it in a timely manner. That caused another lawyer working on the application to repeat a false statement to the FCC, it said. The board said Twomey also told a client to repeat false claims to the FCC that the Tennessee authority had declined jurisdiction by returning an application. In fact, Twomey never filed it, according to the board. Twomey, the board noted, should have kept his clients better informed about significant deadlines that might not be met. It said he received an interim suspension on July 17. Deciding were Judges Corinne Beckwith, Roy McLeese and Vanessa Ruiz. Twomey -- seemingly the sole practitioner of his California firm, with no other lawyers listed on its website -- didn't comment.