Attorney Grievance Comm'n of Md. v. Smith-Scott

Decision Date10 January 2020
Docket NumberNo. 64 Sept. Term, 2018,64 Sept. Term, 2018
CitationAttorney Grievance Comm'n of Md. v. Smith-Scott, 466 Md. 543, 222 A.3d 1069(Mem) (Md. App. 2020)
Parties ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. Arlene Adasa SMITH-SCOTT
CourtCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland

Argued by Jennifer L. Thompson, Assistant Bar Counsel (Lydia E. Lawless, Bar Counsel Atty. Grievance Commission, Maryland), for Petitioner

Argued by Nicholas Madiou and William C. Brennan, Jr. (Brennan, McKenna, Manzi, Shay, Chartered) Greenbelt, MD, for Respondent

Argued before: Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Biran, JJ.

PER CURIAM ORDER

For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 10th day of January 2020,

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, Arlene Adasa Smith-Scott be, and she is hereby, disbarred, effective immediately, from the further practice of law in the State of Maryland; and it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Arlene Adasa Smith-Scott from the register of attorneys, and pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-761, shall certify that fact to the Trustees of the Client Protection Fund and the clerks of all judicial tribunals in the State; and it is further

ORDERED that Respondent shall pay all costs as taxed by the Clerk of ...

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