
    In re Robert E. COUGHLIN, II, Respondent.
    No. 08-BG-585.
    District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
    Filed July 7, 2011.
    Before GLICKMAN, Associate Judges; REID, Associate Judge-Retried, and TERRY, Senior Judge.
   ORDER

PER CURIAM.

On consideration of the affidavit of Robert E. Coughlin, II, wherein he consents to disbarment from the Bar of the District of Columbia pursuant to § 12 of Rule XI of the Rules Governing the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which affidavit has been filed with the Clerk of this court, and the report and recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility with respect thereto, it is this 7th day of July, 2011,

ORDERED that the said Robert E. Coughlin, II is hereby disbarred by consent effective forthwith. The effective date of respondent’s disbarment should run, for reinstatement purposes, from June 12, 2008, the date of the court’s order of interim suspension under D.C. Bar Rule XI, § 10(c). It is

FURTHER ORDERED that Bar Counsel’s petition for discipline based upon respondent’s conviction and guilty plea in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia is hereby dismissed as moot.

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.  