Title: Attorney Grievance v. Rivera

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION *
OF MARYLAND 
* 
Petitioner 
IN THE 
COURT OF APPEALS 
OF MARYLAND 
*
Misc. Docket AG No.
V. 
*
September Term, 2017
ARTEMIO RIVERA 
* 
Respondent. 
* 
ORDER 
Chief Judge 
Upon consideration of the Petition for Disciplinary or Remedial Action filed by Petitioner 
pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-721(a)(2) and 19-738 and the Respondent's response to the 
Court's Order to Show Cause, it is this 1
__ 
8th day of 
May
_______ , 2017, by the 
Court of Appeals of Maryland; 
ORDERED, that the Respondent, Artemio Rivera, be and hereby is temporarily suspended 
from the practice of law in the State of Maryland pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-738( 
d) until further 
order of this Court; and it is further 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Artemio Rivera 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 all Clerks of all judicial tribunals in this State in accordance with 
Maryland Rule 19-761 
(b 
). 
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/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera