Attorney Grievance v. Ngaruri

• Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland
• Decided: October 23, 2015
• Docket: 51ag/15
• Status: Published

Opinion

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE IN THE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND Petitioner Misc. Docket AG V. No. 51 MELISSA K. NGARURI, aka MELISSA N. KENNEY September Term, 2015

Respondent **************************** ORDER

This matter came before the Court on the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance

Commission of Maryland and Respondent, Melissa K. Ngaruri, aka Melissa N. Kenney, to

suspend the Respondent from the practice of law for thirty (30) days. The Court having

considered the Petition, it is this 23rd day of October ,20I5,

ORDERED, that Respondent, Melissa K. Ngaruri, aka Melissa N. Kenney, be and she is

hereby suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland for thirty (30) days for

violations of Maryland Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct 5.5(a) and 7.1(a)(I); and it is

further

ORDERED, that the suspension shall take effect immediately upon the date of this Order;

and it is further

ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Melissa K.

Ngaruri/Melissa N. Kenney, from the register of attorneys in the Court and certify that fact to the

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

in accordance with Maryland Rule 16-772(d).

/s/ Lynne A. Battaglia Senior Judge