Case Title: Attorney Grievance v. Costanzo

Citation: 

Docket Number: 13ag/09

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2010-02-09T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF
                        MARYLAND
   AG No. 13
September Term, 2009
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     ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION
OF MARYLAND
         v.
              FRANK M. COSTANZO
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Bell, C.J.
Harrell
Battaglia
Greene
Murphy
Adkins
Barbera
                        JJ.
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Per Curiam Order
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Filed: February 9, 2010
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE             *    In the
COMMISSION OF MARYLAND
                  
                     *    Court of Appeals
v.                   *    of Maryland
                               *    Misc. Docket AG    
FRANK M. COSTANZO               
                     *    No.13, September Term, 2009
                    
                       PER CURIAM ORDER
For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be
filed, it is this 9th day February, 2010,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that Frank
M. Costanzo be, and he 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 Frank M. Costanzo 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 Frank M. Costanzo. 
/s/ Robert M. Bell
CHIEF JUDGE