Case Title: Attorney Grievance v. Sweitzer

Citation: 

Docket Number: 11ago/14

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2014-09-22T00:00:00Z

Document:
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION    
 
*   IN THE 
OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
    
 
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*   COURT OF APPEALS 
 
Petitioner 
 
 
 
   
 
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*   OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
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v. 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
*   Misc. Docket AG 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
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PHILIP JAMES SWEITZER  
 
    
 
*   No.  11          
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
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*   September Term, 2014 
 
Respondent 
 
 
 
    
 
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ORDER 
 
 
This matter, having come before the Court upon the filing of a Petition for Disciplinary or 
Remedial Action pursuant to Maryland Rule 16-771(b), with attached certified copy of a 
judgment of conviction entered against Philip James Sweitzer in the Circuit Court for Howard 
County; and it appearing that the criminal conviction is for a “serious crime” as defined in 
Maryland Rule 16-701(k); and it appearing that Philip James Sweitzer is admitted to the Bar of 
this Court, it is, this 22nd day of September, 2014, 
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, Philip James 
Sweitzer, be, and he is hereby suspended, effective immediately, from the practice of law in the 
State of Maryland, pending further order of this Court, pursuant to Maryland Rule 16-771(c); and 
it is further 
 
ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Philip James Sweitzer 
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