Case Title: Attorney Grievance v. Smith

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State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2012-02-03T00:00:00Z

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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
 OF MARYLAND
Misc. Docket AG No. 10
September Term, 2011
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION
 OF MARYLAND
v.
DARLENE H. SMITH
Bell, C.J.
Harrell
Battaglia
Greene
Adkins
Barbera
McDonald,
 
 JJ.
PER CURIAM ORDER
Filed: February 3, 2012
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE             *    In the
COMMISSION OF MARYLAND
                            
 *    Court of Appeals
v.                   *    of Maryland
                               *    Misc. Docket AG No. 10  
DARLENE H. SMITH
 *    September Term, 2011
                    
                       PER CURIAM ORDER
For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it
is this 2nd day February, 2012,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the
respondent, Darlene H. Smith, be, and she 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
Darlene H. Smith from the register of attorneys, and pursuant to
Maryland Rule 16-713, 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 16-715(c), for which sum judgment is
entered in favor of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland
against Darlene H. Smith. 
/s/ Robert M. Bell
     CHIEF JUDGE