Title: Attorney Grievance v. Farmer

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION  
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IN THE  
OF MARYLAND  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      
 
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COURT OF APPEALS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
 
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OF MARYLAND  
v. 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Misc. Docket AG No. 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
 
 
September Term, 2021 
  
     
 
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JONATHAN L. FARMER 
 
 
(No. CAE21-02991 
 
 
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Circuit Court for Prince 
 
 
 
George’s County)  
 
O R D E R 
 
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Indefinite Suspension by Consent of the 
Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland and the Respondent, Jonathan L. Farmer, to 
indefinitely suspend the Respondent from the practice of law, it is this 4th day of June, 2021 
 
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, Jonathan L. 
Farmer, be indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland, effective 
immediately, for engaging in  professional misconduct that violated Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5(a), 
1.16(a) and (d), 3.3(a), 5.5(a), 8.1(a) and 8.4(a), (c) and (d) of the Maryland Rules of 
Professional Conduct; and it is further 
 
 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Jonathan L. Farmer 
from the register of attorneys in this Court and certify that fact to the Trustees of the Client 
Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland and the Clerks of all judicial tribunals in this State in 
accordance with Maryland Rule 19-761. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    /s/ Mary Ellen Barbera 
               
 
 
 
 
           
 Chief Judge 
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal 
Materials Act 
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic. 
 
 
 
 
 
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk 
2021-06-04 14:21-04:00