Glenn Lewis, a one-time prominent member of the Washington-area divorce bar, was disbarred yesterday. The order comes several months after the Virginia State Bar stripped him of his law license. The Virginia disciplinary board found Lewis took fees from clients without doing work he was hired for, mishandled client funds and failed to keep required financial records, among other charges. The Virginia State Bar revoked his license in June. On October 17, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals disbarred Lewis, citing the Virginia decision. According to yesterday's order, Lewis did not respond to a previous court order asking him why it shouldn't disbar him. Contact information for Lewis was not immediately available. His lawyer in the Virginia proceedings, Michael Rigsby, a solo practitioner in Henrico, Va., could not immediately be reached for comment. Before the disciplinary proceedings, Lewis was a well-known member of the bar when it came to family law matters. The Washington Post reported he once said in an interview that he was the most expensive lawyer in the region, charging $850 per hour for his services. In 2004, the Virginia State Bar's family law section gave him a lifetime achievement award.
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