Title: Attorney Grievance v. Ekekwe

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION 
OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
v. 
 
OLEKANMA ARNNETTE EKEKWE 
 
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IN THE  
COURT OF APPEALS 
OF MARYLAND 
 
Misc. Docket AG  
No. 15 
September Term, 2019 
ORDER  
UPON CONSIDERATION of the certified copy of the Opinion of the District 
of Columbia Court of Appeals dated June 27, 2019, wherein the Respondent, 
Olekanma Arnnette Ekekwe, was suspended from the practice of law for three years 
for violating the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct; the Petition for Disciplinary or 
Remedial Action, filed pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-737; and the parties' 
Responses to this Court's Show Cause Order dated September 4, 2019; it is this day 
20th, of November 2019,  
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, a majority of the Court 
concurring, that the Respondent, Olekanma Arnnette Ekekwe, be, and hereby is, 
suspended indefinitely, from the practice of law in the State of Maryland, with the 
right to reapply after she is reinstated to practice law in the District of Columbia; and 
it is further 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Olekanma 
Arnnette Ekekwe 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 19-761(b).  
 
 
 
/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 
2019-11-20 15:04-05:00