Title: Attorney Grievance v. Sperling

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
‘OF MARYLAND ‘OF MARYLAND
Petitioner, + Mise. Docket AG No. 95

+ September Term, 2013,
” * INTHE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
LEONARD J. SPERLING * BALTIMORE COUNTY
Respondent. * Case No, 03-C-14-002676 AG

 

ORDER

Upon consideration of the Joint Petition ofthe Petitioner Attomey Grievance Commission
of Maryland and Respondent Leonard J. Spertng to dsbar Respondeat, by consent, ia which Bar
Counsel and Respondent agreed that Respondent violated Rules 1.1, 1.2(@), 13, 14(@) and),
1.7(a), 1.15(a), (b) and (¢), 1.16(4), 3.4(c), 8.1(b), and 8.4(a), (b), (©) and (d) of the Maryland
Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct, Maryland Rules 16:606.1, 16:607, and 16-609 and
Maryland Busi

 

Occupations and Professions Code Ann. § 10-306, iis this_26¢ day
of August, 2014, bereby

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland that Respondent Leonard J. Sperling,
bbe and hereby is disbarred by consent from the practice of law in the State of Maryland, and itis
fanher

ORDERED, thatthe Clerk of this Court shall immediately remove the name of Leonard

J, Sperling from the register of attorneys in the Court and certify that fact to the Client Protect

 

Fund and all Clerks of all judicial tribunals in this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 16-
TI,