Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. Kurtyka

486 Md. 594

• Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland
• Decided: March 20, 2024
• Docket: 44ag/23
• Status: Published

Opinion

* IN THE ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND * SUPREME COURT

* OF MARYLAND v. * AG No. 44 BRIAN MARTIN KURTYKA * September Term, 2023

ORDER

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

Counsel and Respondent, Brian Martin Kurtyka, on March 18, 2024 in the above-captioned

case, in which the parties jointly petition this Court to disbar Respondent pursuant to Rule

19-736,

WHEREAS, on February 27, 2024, the Attorney Grievance Commission filed a

Petition for Disciplinary or Remedial Action alleging that Respondent had been found

guilty of a serious crime within the meaning of Maryland Rule 19-701(t) and 19-738(a),

WHEREAS, on February 27, 2024, this Court issued a show cause order pursuant

to Maryland Rule 19-738(d) directing Respondent within fifteen days of the date of the

order to show cause in writing why he should not be immediately suspended from the

practice of law in the State of Maryland pending further order of this Court and, to date, no

response has been received,

WHEREAS, in the joint petition, the parties advise that Respondent was charged in

the Circuit Court for Washington County in State of Maryland vs. Brian M. Kurtyka, Case

No. C-21-CR-22-000725, with two counts of “Embezzlement Misappropriate” and one

count of “Forgery, Private Documents,” pled guilty to all three counts on January 16, 2024,

and was sentenced to fifteen years of incarceration with all but five years suspended and

five years’ supervised probation with restitution in the amount of $672,354.51 to be paid, WHEREAS, the parties advise that Respondent agrees that his conduct as described

in the joint petition violates Maryland Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct Rules

8.4(a), (b), (c), and (d) (misconduct) and that Respondent consents to disbarment, it is this

20th day of March 2024,

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

Disbarment by Consent is GRANTED, and the Respondent, Brian Martin Kurtyka, is

DISBARRED, effective immediately; and it is further

ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Brian Martin

Kurtyka from the register of attorneys in the Court, certify that fact to the Client Protection

Fund of the Maryland, and send notice to all Clerks of Court and other persons as required

by Maryland Rule 19-761.

/s/ Shirley M. Watts Senior Justice

Pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic.

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Gregory Hilton, Clerk