Title: Attorney Grievance v. Ugwuonye

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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Misc. Docket AG                    
v. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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No. 29 
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EPHRAIM CHUKWUEMEKA UGWUONYE * 
September Term, 2019                          
 
 
 
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Respondent          
 
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ORDER 
 
UPON CONSIDERATION of a certified copy of the Order of the District of 
Columbia Court of Appeals dated May 2, 2019, wherein the Respondent, Ephraim 
Chukwuemeka Ugwuonye, was disbarred from the practice of law for violating the District 
of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct, it is this 27th day of September, 2019,  
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, Ephraim 
Chukwuemeka Ugwuonye, be, and hereby is, temporarily suspended from the practice of 
law in the State of Maryland, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-737(d), pending further order 
of this Court; and it is further 
 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Ephraim 
Chukwuemeka Ugwuonye from the register of attorneys in this Court and certify that fact 
to the Trustees of the Client Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland and all Clerks of all 
judicial tribunals in this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-736(d).  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal 
Materials Act 
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic. 
 
 
 
 
 
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk 
2019-09-27 
11:07-04:00