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              DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS

No. 16-BG-183                                                            5/12/16


IN RE: GARRETT V. WILLIAMS,
                      Respondent.
Bar Registration No. 452128                    BDN: 345-15

BEFORE:      Blackburne-Rigsby, Associate Judge, and Farrell and Nebeker, Senior
Judges.
                                     ORDER
                               (FILED - May 12, 2016)

       On consideration of the certified order of the Court of Appeals of Maryland
disbarring respondent from the practice of law in that jurisdiction, this court’s
March 16, 2016, order directing respondent to show cause why the reciprocal
discipline of disbarment should not be imposed, the statement of Disciplinary
Counsel regarding reciprocal discipline, and it appearing that respondent has failed
to file a response to the court order or an affidavit as required by D.C. Bar R. XI,
§14 (g), it is

       ORDERED that Garrett V. Williams is hereby disbarred from the practice
of law in the District of Columbia. See In re Sibley, 990 A.2d 483 (D.C. 2010),
and In re Fuller, 930 A.2d 194, 198 (D.C. 2007) (rebuttable presumption of
identical reciprocal discipline applies to all cases in which the respondent does not
participate). It is

       FURTHER ORDERED that for purposes of reinstatement respondent’s
period of disbarment will not begin to run until such time as he files an affidavit
that fully complies with the requirements of D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14 (g).

                                   PER CURIAM
