Case Title: Attorney Grievance v. Moawad & Adams

Citation: 

Docket Number: 11ag/20

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2020-09-17T00:00:00Z

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. 11,  
EDWARD EMAD MOAWAD and 
 
 
    
September Term, 2020 
GEORGE R. ADAMS 
 
 
 
 
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(No. 481259-V, Circuit 
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Court for Montgomery 
County) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
C O R R E C T E D    O R D E R 
 
 
The Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, Petitioner, previously filed a 
Petition for Disciplinary or Remedial Action jointly against Edward Emad Moawad, a 
member of the Bar of this Court, and George R. Adams, a non-member of the Bar of this 
Court, as captioned above. By the Court’s Order dated April 9, 2020, the charges contained 
in the petition were transmitted, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-722(a), to the Circuit Court 
for Montgomery County to be heard and determined by Judge Cheryl A. McCally of the 
Sixth Judicial Circuit in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-727. 
 
 
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance Commission of 
Maryland and the Respondent, George R. Adams, to suspend Respondent Adams 
indefinitely from the practice of law in Maryland as an attorney not admitted to the Bar of 
this Court, it is this 17th day of September, 2020 
 
 
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, George R. 
Adams, be indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland for 
 
engaging in professional misconduct that violated Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.4(a)(2)-(3) and (b), 
1.16(d), and 5.3(b) of the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct in effect prior 
to July 1, 2016, and Rules 1.1, 1.4(a)(2)-(3) and (b), 5.3(b), 8.1(a), and 8.4(a), (c) and (d) 
of the Maryland Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct in effect since July 1, 2016; and 
it is further 
 
 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall place the name of George R. Adams 
on a list maintained by the Court of non-admitted attorneys who are excluded from 
exercising in any manner the privilege of practicing law in this State; and it is further 
 
 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall forward copies of this order in 
accordance with Maryland Rule 19-742(g) and give the notice required by Rule 19-707(e) 
as to George R. Adams; and it is further 
 
 
ORDERED, that judgment is hereby entered in favor of the Attorney Grievance 
Commission of Maryland against George R. Adams in the amount of $648.20; and it is 
further 
 
 
ORDERED, that the Court’s transmittal Order of April 9, 2020 remains in effect 
with respect to the charges set forth in the Petition for Disciplinary or Remedial Action 
against Edward Emad Moawad.                                              
 
 
         /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 
2020-09-18 10:12-04:00