Case Title: Attorney Grievance v. Peters-Hamlin

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State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2015-08-20T00:00:00Z

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ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION 
OF MARYLAND 
IN THE 
COURT OF APPEALS 
OF MARYLAND 
Petitioner, 
Misc. Docket AG 
V. 	
No.  30  
September Term, 2015 
KRISTAN PETERS-HAMLIN 
Respondent. 
ORDER 
 
This matter having come before the Court upon the filing of a Petition for Disciplinary or 
Remedial Action and request for interim suspension pursuant to Maryland Rule 16-773(d), with 
attached true test copies of the Opinion and Order of the United States District Court, Southern 
District of New York dated April 10,2013 and Opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for 
the Second Circuit dated April 4, 2014 wherein Kristan Peters-Hamlin was suspended from the 
practice of law in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York for seven (7) 
years, nunc pro tunc to April 10, 2008; and it appearing that Kristan Peters-Hamlin is also a 
member of the Bar of this Court; it is this  20th  day of 	
August 
	
, 2015, 
ORDERED by the Court of Appeals of Maryland that Respondent, Kristan Peters-
Hamlin, be, and she is hereby, indefinitely suspended, effective immediately, from the further 
practice of law in the State of Maryland, pending further order of this Court, pursuant to 
Maryland Rule 16-773(d); and it is further, 
ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name Kristan Peters-Hamlin from 
the register of attorneys, and pursuant to Maryland Rule 16-760(e), shall certify that fact to the 
Trustees of the Client Protection Fund and the clerks of all judicial tribunals in the State. 
/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera 
Chief Judge