Title: Attorney Grievance v. Johnson

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION 
OF MARYLAND 
Petitioner, 
IN THE 
COURT OF APPEALS 
OF MARYLAND 
Misc. Docket AG No. 129 
v. 	
September Term, 2016 
LAURENCE FLEMING JOHNSON 
Respondent. 
ORDER 
This matter came before the Court on the Joint Petition for Indefinite Suspension with a 
Right to Seek Reinstatement After Ninety (90) Days filed by the Attorney Grievance Commission 
of Maryland and the Respondent, Laurence Fleming Johnson, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-736, 
in which the Respondent admits that he violated Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.15(a) & (c), and 5.3(b) of the 
Maryland Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct, as then enacted. The Court, having considered 
the Petition, it is this 28th  day of 	
July 
	
,2017, 
ORDERED, that Respondent, Laurence Fleming Johnson, be and he hereby is indefinitely 
suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland, effective fifteen (15) days from the 
date of this Order, with the right to seek reinstatement after ninety (90) days; and it is further 
ORDERED, that, the Clerk of the Court shall remove the name Laurence Fleming Johnson 
from the register of attorneys in this Court, notify the Respondent in accordance with Maryland 
Rule 19-742 (a)(1), and comply with Maryland Rule 19-761. 
/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera 
Chief Judge