Title: Attorney Grievance v. Smith

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION 
IN THE 
OF MARYLAND 
COURT OF APPEALS 
Petitioner, 
V.   
OF MARYLAND 
Misc. Docket AG No. 75 
RACHEL A. SMITH   
September Term 2017 
Respondent. 
ORDER 
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Indefinite Suspension by Consent filed 
herein pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-736, in which the Respondent admits she committed 
professional misconduct in violation of Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.4(a) and (b) 1.5, 1.15(a), (c) and 
(d), 1.16(d), 8.1(b), and 8.4(a) and (d), of the Rules of Professional Conduct, it is this 15th 
day of May, 2018, hereby 
ORDERED, that Respondent, Rachel A. Smith, be and she is hereby indefinitely 
suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland, and it is further, 
ORDERED, that this suspension shall take effect thirty (30) days after the entry of this 
Order; and it is further, 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Rachel A. Smith 
from the register of attorneys in the Court and certify that fact to the Client Protection Fund 
of the Bar of Maryland all Clerks of all judicial tribunals in this State in accordance with 
Maryland Rule 19-761. 
/s/ Clayton Greene Jr. 
Senior Judge