Case Title: Attorney Grievance v. Sutherland

Citation: 

Docket Number: 27agd/13

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2013-10-18T00:00:00Z

Document:
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE
*  In the
COMMISSION OF MARYLAND
*  Court of Appeals
*  of Maryland
  v.
 
*  Misc. Docket AG No. 27,
                 
JOHN ARTHUR SUTHERLAND, JR.
*  September Term, 2013   
                         
              
            O R D E R 
The Court having considered the petition for disciplinary or  remedial action filed in the
above entitled matter in accordance with Md. Rule 16-773, the response to the show cause order
filed by Bar Counsel, and there being no response filed by the Respondent, it is this 18  day of
th
October, 2013
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the petition be, and it is hereby
granted, and John Arthur Sutherland, Jr., is disbarred, effective immediately, from the practice of
law in this State subject to further order of this Court; and it is further
     ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall forthwith strike the name of John Arthur
Sutherland, Jr. from the register of attorneys in this Court and shall certify that fact to the Trustees
of the Client Protection Fund and the clerks of all judicial tribunals in the State in accordance with
Maryland Rule 16-760(e); and it is further
ORDERED that judgment against Respondent be entered for the costs set forth in the
Petitioner’s Statement of Costs.                
                                
 
     /s/ Mary Ellen Barbera   
   Chief Judge