Title: Attorney Grievance v. Tivvis

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE 
OF MARYLAND 
200 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Suite 300 • 	
COURT OF APPEALS 
Annapolis, Maryland 21401 
• 
OF MARYLAND 
Petitioner 
• 	
Misc. Docket AG 
v. 
No. 
 106 
JOSEPH IGNATIUS TIVVIS, JR. 
• 
September Term, 201 6 
Respondent 
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ORDER 
The Court of Appeals of Maryland, having considered the Joint Petition for Disbarment by 
Consent filed by Petitioner, the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, and Respondent, 
Joseph Ignatius Tivvis, Jr., it is this  20th 	
day of April, 2017; 
ORDERED, that Joseph Ignatius Tivvis, Jr., be, and he is hereby, disbarred, effective 
immediately, from the further practice of law in the State of Maryland for violating Maryland 
Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct 1.4, 1.15, 1.16(a) and (d), 8.1(b) and 8.4(b) and (c); and 
it is further 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Joseph Ignatius Tivvis, 
Jr., from the register of attorneys, and pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-761, shall certify the fact to 
the Trustees of the Client Protection Fund and the clerks of all judicial tribunals in the State. 
/s/ Clayton Greene Jr. 
Senior Judge