Title: Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. Johnson

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE 
COMMISSION OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
 
v. 
 
MARLENE A. JOHNSON 
 
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     IN THE 
 
     SUPREME COURT 
 
     OF MARYLAND 
 
     AG Docket No. 84 
 
     September Term, 2022     
O R D E R 
 
 
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Indefinite Suspension by Consent, filed 
on August 29, 2023, by Petitioner, the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland and 
Respondent, Marlene A. Johnson, in which Respondent consents to the imposition of an 
indefinite suspension from the practice of law it is this 1st day of September 2023,  
 
ORDERED, by the Supreme Court of Maryland, that, effective October 31, 2023, 
the Respondent Marlene A. Johnson, be indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in 
the State of Maryland for violations of Rules 1.1; 1.3; 1.4(a) and (b); 1.5(a); 1.16(d); and 
8.4(a) and (d) (misconduct) of the Maryland Attorney’s Lawyers’ Rules of Professional 
Conduct, and Maryland Rule 19-407; and it is further 
 
ORDERED that, the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Marlene A. 
Johnson from the register of attorneys in the Court and shall certify that fact to the Trustees 
of the Client Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland and all clerks of all judicial tribunals 
in this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-761(b).  
 
 
      /s/ Michele D. Hotten 
               
 
 
 
 
     
        Justice 
Pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials 
Act (§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this 
document is authentic. 
 
Gregory Hilton, Clerk 
2023-09-01 
16:31-04:00