District of Columbia license and practice

Perlesta Hollingsworth is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and is an Active member of the District of Columbia Bar (admitted December 11, 2006). Verify the current record at District of Columbia Bar record before hiring an attorney.

Perlesta Hollingsworth is the managing partner of The Hollingsworth Law Firm, PLLC in Washington, D.C., where he heads the firm’s Business, Sports and Entertainment sections. He also handles personal injury matters and serves as bond counsel. A graduate of Morehouse College and the University of Connecticut School of Law, he is licensed to practice in the District of Columbia and Connecticut. He previously served as a regulatory attorney at the Federal Communications Commission and as an attorney in the Clinton administration with the Rural Utilities Service. He is a certified agent with the National Football League Players Association and the National Basketball Players Association.

Disciplinary history: On June 13, 2019, the D.C. Court of Appeals (Docket No. 18-ND-005) approved a petition for negotiated discipline and suspended Mr. Hollingsworth for six months, with three months of the suspension stayed in favor of one year of unsupervised probation, subject to the following conditions: (1) that Mr. Hollingsworth not engage in any misconduct, as defined in D.C. Bar Rule XI section 2(b), in this or any jurisdiction during his probationary period and (2) that he complete a continuing legal education course preapproved by Disciplinary Counsel. The petition is based on Mr. Hollingsworth’s voluntary acknowledgment that his mismanagement of his Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Account caused him to negligently misappropriate entrusted funds in violation of D.C. Rule of Professional Conduct 1.15(a). The Hearing Committee’s May 13, 2019 report had recommended the same disposition.

Matters this legal field covers

Entertainment legal work may cover contracts, intellectual property, licensing, talent representation, and disputes in film, television, music, and sports.

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