Title: Attorney Grievance v. Ficker

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION 	
IN THE 
OF MARYLAND 	
COURT OF APPEALS 
OF MARYLAND 
Petitioner, 
Misc. Docket AG No. 1 
V. 	
September Term, 2017 
ROBIN KEITH ANNESLEY FICKER 	
Circuit Court for 
Prince George's County 
Respondent. 
	
	
Case No. CAE-17-07840 
ORDER 
This matter is before the Court upon the filing of a Joint Petition for Reprimand by 
Consent pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-736. Upon consideration thereof, and in accordance with 
Maryland Rule 19-743(b), it is this 30th  day of 	
June 	
, 2017, 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that Robin Keith Annesley Ficker, 
Respondent, is hereby reprimanded for engaging in professional misconduct violating (1) Rule 
8.4(d) of the Maryland Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct ("MLRPC") then in effect based 
upon his failure to arrive punctually in the District Court of Maryland for Howard County on 
December 17, 2015 for a scheduled court hearing in the case of State of Maryland v. Rosalyn 
 
Marie Morales, thereby disrupting the docket of the tribunal and causing his client, Ms. Morales, 
to have to address the court without representation when her case was initially called; and (2) 
Rule 5.3(d) of the MLRPC based upon his failure to comply with the notice of employment and 
associated provisions of that rule when, in 2013, he employed as a nonlawyer a formerly 
admitted lawyer who had been disbarred by this Court; and it is further 
ORDERED, that within (10) days from the date of this Order, Respondent shall send 
written apologies for his late arrival in court on December 17, 2015 to Judge Marc Rasinsky and 
to Rosalyn Marie Morales and shall file copies of same with this Court and with Bar Counsel. 
/s/ Clayton Greene Jr. 
Senior Judge