Title: Attorney Grievance v. Desimone

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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Misc. Docket AG No. 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BRUCE NICHOLAS DESIMONE 
 
 
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September Term, 2020 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ORDER 
 
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance Commission of 
Maryland and the Respondent, Bruce Nicholas Desimone, to indefinitely suspend the 
Respondent from the practice of law with the right to petition for reinstatement in ninety 
days, it is this 7th day of April, 2021 
 
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that, effective May 10, 2021, the 
Respondent, Bruce Nicholas Desimone, be, and hereby is, indefinitely suspended from the 
practice of law in the State of Maryland with the right to petition for reinstatement in ninety 
days, for violations of Rules 19-301.1, 19-301.3, 19-301.4, 19-305.3, 19-308.1(a) and (b) and 
19-308.4(a), (c) and (d) of the Maryland Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct; and it is 
further 
 
 
ORDERED, that, on May 10, 2021,  the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of 
Bruce Nicholas Desimone  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. 
 
 
 
 
 
   /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 
2021-04-07 16:00-04:00