Hope C. Todd, Esq. oversees the legal ethics program at the District of Columbia Bar. Since 2006, Ms. Todd has provided legal ethics guidance through the Bar’s Ethics Helpline on the interpretation and application of the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct. She regularly teaches ethics CLE classes and serves on panels for local and national audiences. Ms. Todd is a contributing author for the “Speaking of Ethics” and “Ask the Ethics Experts” features of the Washington Lawyer. She is staff counsel to the D.C. Bar Rules of Professional Conduct Review and Legal Ethics Committees.

Ms. Todd is a former member of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility (2014 – 2017) and served as the committee’s liaison to the ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services. She is a member of the National Organization of Bar Counsel, the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, and the ABA Center on Professional Responsibility.

Before joining the D.C. Bar in 1998, Ms. Todd was in private practice in New York. She is a graduate of the University of Richmond School of Law and holds a BA in public policy from the College of William and Mary.