An ethics board in D.C. wants lawyer Henry Uscinski Jr. disbarred for violations tied to a Florida tax evasion case, but the D.C. Court of Appeals on Thursday was not quick to jump on board with the recommendation.

Uscinski, who is barred in the District, New York and Connecticut, represented himself pro se in the D.C. Court of Appeals action. The court, in an opinion written by Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, unanimously rejected the disbarment recommendation from the D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility.