Office of Disciplinary Counsel

Hamilton P. “Phil” Fox III serves as Disciplinary Counsel for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel in Washington, D.C. Phil joined the Office of Disciplinary Counsel in 2011 as an Assistant Disciplinary Counsel after retiring from Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, where he had practiced since 1990. 

After graduating from Yale Law School, Phil was a law clerk to Judge Frank M. Coffin of the First Circuit and then to Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.  He served as a federal prosecutor for more than seven years, including serving in the Watergate Special Prosecution Force.  He then entered private practice as a solo/small firm practitioner and a partner in international law firms. While in private practice, he served as Associate Special Counsel to the House Ethics Committee. He has also taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia and Georgetown law schools.

Phil served many years with the D.C. attorney discipline system, as a Hearing Committee Member and then as a Member, Vice Chair and Chair of the Board on Professional Responsibility.  Phil has also represented respondents in disciplinary proceedings. 

Phil was also a Member and Chair of the Committee on Admissions and Grievances, District of Columbia Circuit; a Member, Vice Chair, and Chair of the D.C. Bar Legal Ethics Committee; a Member of the D.C. Bar Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee; and a Member of the Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, D.C. Court of Appeals.

Hamilton P. “Phil” Fox III was sworn in as the Disciplinary Counsel on June 7, 2017, following his appointment by the D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility.

Disciplinary Counsel
Hamilton P. Fox III

Deputy Disciplinary Counsel
Julia L. Porter

Senior Assistant Disciplinary Counsel
Theodore P. Metzler
Becky Neal

Assistant Disciplinary Counsel
Caroll G. Donayre
Jerri U. Dunston
Lisa M. Fishelman
Dru Foster
Jason R. Horrell
Ebtehaj Kalantar
Jelani C. Lowery
Sean P. O’Brien
Melissa J. Rolffot
William R. Ross
Mariah K. Shaver
Traci M. Tait
Cynthia G. Wright

Senior Staff Attorney
Lawrence K. Bloom

Staff Attorney
Arquimides Leon
Angela Walker

Manager, Forensic Investigations
Charles M. Anderson

Investigative Attorney
Azadeh Matinpour

Legal Assistants
Christine Chicherio, Senior Law Clerk
Emily Ford, Paralegal
Hui Liu, Senior Law Clerk
Michael Robinson, Paralegal