Title: Attorney Grievance v. Discavage

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  
v. 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Misc. Docket AG No. 35  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
September Term, 2021 
JOHN ROBERT DISCAVAGE  
 
 
 
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(No. C-15-CV-21-000239, 
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Circuit Court for 
Montgomery County) 
O R D E R 
 
 
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance Commission of 
Maryland and the Respondent, John Robert Discavage, to suspend the Respondent from 
the practice of law in Maryland for six months, stayed in favor of one year probation with 
terms, for violating Rule 1.1 (competence), Rule 1.4(a)(1), (a) (4) and (b) (communication), 
Rule 1.7 (conflict of interest – general rule), Rule 1.9(a) (duties to former clients), Rule 
1.16(a)(1) (declining or terminating representation), Rule 8.4 (a) and (d) (misconduct) of 
the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct, it is this 2nd day of June, 2022 
 
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, a majority concurring, that the 
Respondent, John Robert Discavage, be suspended for six months from the practice of law 
in the State of Maryland; and it is further 
 
 
ORDERED, that, the suspension be, and hereby is, STAYED in favor of one year 
of probation with the terms contained in the Probation Agreement. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                /s/ Matthew J. Fader 
               
 
 
 
 
           
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 
2022-06-02 13:54-04:00