Professional responsibility

The disciplinary summaries section of the March/April 2022 issue of Washington Lawyer reports that the D.C. Bar's Disciplinary Counsel has issued an informal admonition to a lawyer who had been retained to pursue "one final avenue of relief, the filing of a residual clemency request with the Coast Guard Clemency Board," which he did not do. He--

failed to (1) serve the client with skill and care, (2) represent the client zealously and diligently within the bounds of the law; (3) keep the client reasonably informed about the status of the matter and promptly comply with reasonable requests for information; (4) withdraw from the representation when his physical or mental condition materially impaired his ability to represent the client; and (5) return the client file after multiple request in violation of Rules 1.1(b), 1.3(a), 1.4(a), 1.6(a)(2), and 1.16(d).