Case Title: Attorney Grievance v. Ngaruri

Citation: 

Docket Number: 51ag/15

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2015-10-23T00:00:00Z

Document:
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE 
COMMISSION OF MARYLAND 
Petitioner 
V. 
IN THE 
COURT OF APPEALS 
OF MARYLAND 
Misc. Docket AG 
No. 51 
MELISSA K. NGARURI, aka MELISSA 
N. KENNEY 
Respondent 
September Term, 2015 
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ORDER 
This matter came before the Court on the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance 
Commission of Maryland and Respondent, Melissa K. Ngaruri, aka Melissa N. Kenney, to 
suspend the Respondent from the practice of law for thirty (30) days. The Court having 
considered the Petition, it is this 	
23rd 	
day of 	
October 
,20I5, 
ORDERED, that Respondent, Melissa K. Ngaruri, aka Melissa N. Kenney, be and she is 
hereby suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland for thirty (30) days for 
violations of Maryland Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct 5.5(a) and 7.1(a)(I); and it is 
further 
ORDERED, that the suspension shall take effect immediately upon the date of this Order; 
and it is further 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Melissa K. 
Ngaruri/Melissa N. Kenney, 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 16-772(d). 
/s/ Lynne A. Battaglia 
Senior Judge