Case Title: Attorney Grievance v. Pratz

Citation: 

Docket Number: 24ag/16

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2016-09-22T00:00:00Z

Document:
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 
OF MARYLAND 	
* OF MARYLAND 
Petitioner 	
• Misc. Docket AG 
• No. 24 
V. 	
• September Term, 2016 
ROBERT PAUL PRATZ 	
• In the Circuit Court for 
• Anne Arundel County 
• Case No. C-02-CV-16-002482 
Respondent 
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ORDER 
This matter came before the Court on Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance 
Commission and the Respondent, Robert Paul Pratz to indefinitely suspend the Respondent from 
the practice of law with the right to reapply in one year, provided restitution is paid in full, for 
violations of Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8(h), 1.15, 1.16(d), 8.4(a) and 8.4(d) of the Maryland 
Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct, in effect at the time of misconduct. The Court having 
considered the Joint Petition, it is this 	
22nd 	
day of 	
September 	
,2016; 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that Respondent, Robert Paul Pratz, 
be and he is hereby indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland with 
the right to reapply in one year; and it is further 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Robert Paul Pratz 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 19-736(d). 
/s/ Clayton Greene, Jr. 
Senior Judge