Case Title: Attorney Grievance v. Powell

Citation: 

Docket Number: 31ag/11

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2013-05-16T00:00:00Z

Document:
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION*
IN THE
OF MARYLAND
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COURT OF APPEALS
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OF MARYLAND
 
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Petitioner
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Misc. Docket AG
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v.
  
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No. 31
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ROGER NORMAN POWELL
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September Term, 2011
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In the Circuit Court
   
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for Baltimore County
Respondent
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Case No. 03-C-11-009481 OC
                              
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ORDER
This matter came before the Court on the Joint Petition for Reprimand by Consent
submitted by the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, Petitioner, and Roger
Norman Powell, Respondent.  The Court having considered the Petition, it is this 16th 
day of May, 2013,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, a majority of the Court
concurring, that the Respondent Roger Norman Powell, be, and is hereby, reprimanded
for his violation of Rules1.1, 1.8(c), 3.4(c) and 8.4(a) of the Maryland Rules of
Professional Conduct for preparing an instrument giving him a substantial gift from his
client, who was not related to him and was not represented by independent counsel in
connection with the gift and by assisting a client in conveying real property in
contravention of a court order. 
/s/ Robert M. Bell   
Chief Judge