Attorney Grievance v. Smith

• Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland
• Decided: May 15, 2018
• Docket: 75ag/17
• Status: Published

Opinion

Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Rachel A. Smith [Misc. Docket AG, No. 75, September Term, 2017]

Rachel A. Smith has been indefinitely suspended by consent, effective June 8, 2018 by an Order of the Court, dated May 9, 2018.

Rachel A. Smith has been indefinitely suspended by consent, effective June 8, 2018 from the further practice of law in the State, and her name as an attorney at law has been stricken from the register of attorneys in this Court (Maryland Rule 19-761). ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION IN THE OF MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Petitioner, V. OF MARYLAND

Misc. Docket AG No. 75

RACHEL A. SMITH September Term 2017

Respondent.

ORDER

Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Indefinite Suspension by Consent filed

herein pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-736, in which the Respondent admits she committed

professional misconduct in violation of Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.4(a) and (b) 1.5, 1.15(a), (c) and

(d), 1.16(d), 8.1(b), and 8.4(a) and (d), of the Rules of Professional Conduct, it is this 15th

day of May, 2018, hereby

ORDERED, that Respondent, Rachel A. Smith, be and she is hereby indefinitely

suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland, and it is further,

ORDERED, that this suspension shall take effect thirty (30) days after the entry of this

Order; and it is further,

ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Rachel A. Smith

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

of the Bar of Maryland all Clerks of all judicial tribunals in this State in accordance with

Maryland Rule 19-761.

/s/ Clayton Greene Jr. Senior Judge