Title: Attorney Grievance v. Sands

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * 	
IN THE 
OF MARYLAND 	
COURT OF APPEALS 
OF MARYLAND 
Petitioner 
Misc. Docket AG No. 28 
V. 
September Term, 2015 
APRIL JUANITA SANDS 
Respondent. 
ORDER 
This matter came before the Court on the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance 
Commission of Maryland and Respondent, April Juanita Sands, to indefinitely suspend the 
Respondent from the practice of law. The Court having considered the Petition and the record 
herein, it is this  5th  day of 	
January 	
,2016. 
ORDERED, that Respondent, April Juanita Sands, be and she is hereby indefmitely 
suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland for violation of Rule 8.4(d) of the 
Maryland Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct; and it is further 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of April Juanita Sands from 
the register of attorneys in the Court and certify that fact to the Client Protection Fund of the Bar of 
Maryland and all Clerks of all judicial tribunals in this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 16-
772(d). 
/s/ Lynne A. Battaglia 
Senior Judge