Case Title: Attorney Grievance v. Roberts

Citation: 

Docket Number: 4ag/22

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2022-10-12T00:00:00Z

Document:
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION  
* 
IN THE  
OF MARYLAND  
 
 
 
 
 
* 
COURT OF APPEALS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* 
OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Misc. Docket AG No. 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
September Term, 2022 
RACHAEL LEE ROBERTS 
 
 
 
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(No. C-12-CV-22-000179,  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Circuit Court for Harford 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
County 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ORDER 
 
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Disbarment by Consent filed on October 
4, 2022, by the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, Petitioner, and Rachael Lee 
Roberts, Respondent, in which the parties jointly petition the Court to disbar Respondent, 
 
WHEREAS, in the Joint Petition, the parties advise that after being served with a 
Petition for Disciplinary and Remedial Action and discovery, Respondent failed to file an 
answer and the Circuit Court for Harford County entered an order of default, 
 
WHEREAS, thereafter, according to the Joint Petition, Petitioner and Respondent 
appeared for a hearing and the hearing judge admitted into evidence the Petitioner’s Request 
for Admissions, 
 
WHEREAS, in the Joint Petition, the parties agree that evidence admitted at the 
hearing established conduct that violates Maryland Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct 
1.1 (competence), 1.3 (diligence), 1.4(a) and (b) (communication), 8.1(a) and (b) (bar 
admission and disciplinary matters), and 8.4(a), (b), (c), and (d) (misconduct), 
 
 
 
 
WHEREAS, the conduct set forth in the Joint Petition establishes such violations and 
establishes that Respondent has engaged in misconduct for which disbarment may be 
warranted, 
 
WHEREAS, the parties agree that the appropriate disposition is disbarment and 
Respondent consents to disbarment, 
 
Now, therefore, it is this 12th day of October, 2022, 
 
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that, effective October 31, 2022, 
the Respondent, Rachael Lee Roberts, is disbarred from the practice of law in the State of 
Maryland for violation of Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.4(a) and (b), 8.1(a) and (b), 8.4(a), (b), (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 Rachael Lee 
Roberts 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(b). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   /s/ Shirley M. Watts 
  Senior Judge 
 
 
 
*Judge Eaves did not participate in the consideration of this matter. 
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 
2022-10-13 10:32-04:00