Case Title: Attorney Grievance v. Fournier

Citation: 

Docket Number: 36ag/19

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2020-08-14T00:00:00Z

Document:
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION  
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IN THE  
OF MARYLAND  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      
 
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COURT OF APPEALS 
 
 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
    
 
 
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OF MARYLAND  
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Misc. Docket AG No. 36,  
JAMES JOSEPH FOURNIER  
    
 
 
September Term, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(No. 472794-V, Circuit  
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Court for Montgomery 
County) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      
 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance Commission of 
Maryland and Respondent, James Joseph Fournier, to indefinitely suspend the Respondent 
from the practice of law, it is this 14th day of August, 2020, 
 
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, James 
Joseph Fournier, be indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in the State of 
Maryland for violating Rules 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 3.3, 8.1(b), and 8.4(a), (c), and (d) of the 
Rules of Professional Conduct; and it is further 
 
 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of James Joseph 
Fournier from the register of attorneys in this Court and certify that fact to the Trustees of 
the Client Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland and all Clerks of all judicial tribunals in 
this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-761.                                              
 
 
       /s/ Robert N. McDonald 
               
 
 
 
 
    Senior Judge 
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act  
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document 
is authentic.
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk  
Suzanne Johnson
2020-08-14 14:42-04:00