Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. Franklin

• Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland
• Decided: December 23, 2024
• Docket: 33ag/24
• Status: Published

Opinion

* IN THE ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND * SUPREME COURT

* OF MARYLAND v. * AG No. 33 JAMEL R. FRANKLIN * September Term, 2024

ORDER

Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Disbarment by Consent, filed by Bar

Counsel on behalf of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland and Respondent,

Jamel R. Franklin, on December 19, 2024 in the above-captioned case, in which, pursuant

to Rule 19-736(b), the parties jointly petition this Court to disbar Respondent and advise

that Respondent agrees that his conduct as described in the petition violated Maryland

Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct Rules 8.4(a), (b), and (c) and that Respondent

consents to disbarment as the appropriate sanction, it is this 23rd day of December 2024,

ORDERED, by the Supreme Court of Maryland, that the Joint Petition is

GRANTED, and that, effective immediately, Respondent, Jamel R. Franklin, is disbarred

from the practice of law in the State of Maryland for violation of Rule 8.4(a), (b), and (c)

of the Maryland Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct; and it is further

ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Jamel R. Franklin

from the register of attorneys in the Court and certify that fact to the Trustees of the Client

Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland and all Clerks of all judicial tribunals in this State

in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-761.

Pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic. /s/ Shirley M. Watts Senior Justice 2024-12-23 08:09-05:00

Gregory Hilton, Clerk