Title: Attorney Grievance v. Kleinsmith

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 
 
 
Petitioner 
 
 
 
 
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v. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Misc. Docket AG 
PHILIP M. KLEINSMITH 
 
 
 
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No.    15             
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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September Term, 2013 
Respondent    
 
 
 
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ORDER 
 
This Court having considered the Joint Petition for Reprimand by Consent filed herein 
pursuant to Maryland Rule 16-772, it is this 24th day of May, 2013, 
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that Philip M. Kleinsmith, 
Respondent, is hereby reprimanded for professional misconduct in violation of Rules 1.1, 1.3, 
1.4, 1.5, 1.16, 5.3 and 8.4(d) of the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct, 
corresponding to disciplinary violations for which he was reprimanded by the Supreme Court of 
Arizona pursuant to an Order filed March 20, 2012. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Glenn T. Harrell, Jr.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       Senior Judge