Attorney Grievance v. Hamilton

• Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland
• Decided: May 13, 2015
• Docket: 18agpc/13
• Status: Published

Opinion

Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County Case No. 02-C-13-178996 Case No. 02-C-14-186636 Argued: May 12, 2015 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

OF MARYLAND

Misc. Docket AG No. 18

September Term, 2013

Misc. Docket AG No. 3

September Term, 2014

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION

v.

JOHN T. HAMILTON, JR.

Barbera, C.J. Harrell Battaglia Greene Adkins McDonald Watts, JJ.

PER CURIAM ORDER

Filed: May 13, 2015 ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE * In the COMMISSION OF MARYLAND * Court of Appeals

v. * of Maryland

* Misc. Docket AG No. 18 JOHN T. HAMILTON, JR. * September Term, 2013

* Misc. Docket AG No. 3

* September Term, 2014

For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it

is this 13th day May 2015,

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the

Respondent, John T. Hamilton, Jr., be, and he 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

John T. Hamilton, Jr. from the register of attorneys, and pursuant

to Maryland Rule 16-760(e), 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 this Court, including the costs of all transcripts, pursuant

to Maryland Rule 16-761(b), for which sum judgment is entered in

favor of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland against John T. Hamilton, Jr.

/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera Chief Judge