Title: Attorney Grievance v. Cuadra

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION *  
IN THE  
OF MARYLAND  
 
 
 
 
COURT OF APPEALS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      *  
OF MARYLAND 
 
 
Petitioner, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Misc. Docket AG No.  36  
v. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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September Term, 2014 
TABATHA KARINA CUADRA 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Respondent  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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           ORDER 
 
 
The Court, having considered the parties’ Joint Petition For Indefinite Suspension 
By Consent in which Bar Counsel and Respondent agreed that Respondent violated 
Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct (MLRPC) 1.1, 1.3, 1.15, 5.3, 8.1(b), 
8.4(a) and 8.4(d) and Rule 16-606.1 of the Maryland Rules, it is this 25th day of August, 
2014. 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland that Tabatha Karina Cuadra be, 
and she is hereby, suspended indefinitely from the practice of law in the State of 
Maryland, such suspension to become effective sixty (60) days from the date of this 
Order; and it is further 
ORDERED, that the sixty (60) days prior to effective date of the indefinite 
suspension shall be used by Ms. Cuadra exclusively to conclude existing (as of the 
effective date of this order) client matters and to take steps necessary to protect the 
interest of those clients; and it is further 
 
ORDERED, that the Respondent will undertake no new matters and/or provide 
legal advice to new clients during this sixty (60) day period; and it is further 
ORDERED, that costs in connection with these proceedings and Bar Counsel’s 
investigation in this matter are waived by agreement of the parties; and it is further  
ORDERED, that sixty (60) days from the date of entry of this Order, the Clerk of 
this Court shall remove the name of Tabatha Karina Cuadra, from the register of 
attorneys of 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/ Glenn T. Harrell, Jr. 
Senior Judge