Title: Attorney Grievance v. Burton

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * 
IN THE  
OF MARYLAND  
 
 
 
 
 
* 
COURT OF APPEALS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* 
OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* 
Misc. Docket AG No. 4, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
September Term, 2020 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* 
 
WILLIAM FRANKLIN BURTON 
 
 
(No. 481109-V, Circuit Court 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* 
for Montgomery County) 
 
 
ORDER 
 
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Disbarment by Consent filed by the 
Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland and the Respondent, William Franklin Burton, 
it is this 13th day of October, 2020 
 
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, William 
Franklin Burton, be disbarred from the practice of law in the State of Maryland, effective 
immediately, for engaging in professional misconduct that violated Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.4(a)(2)-
(3) and (b), 1.5(a), 1.16(d), 3.4(d), 8.1(b), and 8.4(a), (c) and (d) of the Maryland Attorneys’ 
Rules of Professional Conduct; and it is further 
 
 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of William Franklin 
Burton 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/ Robert N. McDonald 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Senior 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 
2020-10-13 12:32-04:00