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              DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS

No. 14-BS-1447

IN RE: LEONARD S. BLONDES,
                         Respondent.                    Board Docket No. 14-BD-104
Bar Registration No. 72140                              BDN: 376-14

BEFORE: Fisher and Beckwith, Associate Judges; and Reid, Senior Judge.

                                     ORDER
                               (FILED - January 8, 2015)

      On consideration of the affidavit of Leonard S. Blondes, wherein he consents to
disbarment from the Bar of the District of Columbia pursuant to § 12 of Rule XI of the
Rules of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Governing the Bar of the District of
Columbia, which affidavit has been filed with the Clerk of this Court, and the report and
recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility, it is this 8 day of January
2015,

       ORDERED that the said Leonard S. Blondes is hereby disbarred by consent,
effective forthwith. The effective date of respondent’s disbarment shall run, for
reinstatement purposes, from the date respondent files his affidavit pursuant to D.C. Bar
Rule XI, § 14 (g).

       The Clerk shall publish this order, but the affidavit shall not be publicly disclosed
or otherwise made available except upon order of the court or upon written consent of
the respondent.

      The Clerk shall cause a copy of this order to be transmitted to the Chairman of the
Board on Professional Responsibility and to the respondent, thereby giving him notice
of the provisions of Rule XI, §§ 14 and 16, which set forth certain rights and
responsibilities of disbarred attorneys and the effect of failure to comply therewith.

                                          PER CURIAM
