Title: Attorney Grievance v. Lord

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE 
 
 
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IN THE 
COMMISSION OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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COURT OF APPEALS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Misc. Docket AG No. 92 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NANCY THERESA LORD 
 
 
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September Term, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ORDER 
 
WHEREAS, this matter came before this Court upon the filing of a Petition for 
Disciplinary or Remedial Action by the Attorney Grievance Commission against Nancy 
Theresa Lord, Respondent, based upon the December 20, 2017 Order of the Supreme Court 
of Nevada suspending Respondent from the practice of law in that State for a period of six 
months and one day, effective the date of the Order, for violating the Nevada Rules of 
Professional Conduct, and 
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-737, on May 12, 2020, this Court 
issued a Show Cause Order requiring the parties to show cause in writing why 
corresponding discipline should not be imposed by this Court and, in a separate order dated 
May 22, 2020, temporarily suspended Respondent, and 
 
WHEREAS, on June 24, 2020, the Attorney Grievance Commission filed a 
response to the Show Cause Order recommending that this Court disbar Respondent, and 
on July 24, 2020 this Court issued an order scheduling a hearing in the case for December 
2020 to consider the Petition for Disciplinary or Remedial Action and responses to the 
Show Cause Order, and 
WHEREAS, the Court has considered the Petition, the parties’ written responses to 
the Show Cause Order, and the arguments made at the hearing before this Court on 
December 3, 2020, including Respondent’s statement that she no longer seeks to practice 
law as a member of the Bar of Maryland, and 
 
WHEREAS, the Court has determined that corresponding discipline in this matter 
would be to suspend the Respondent indefinitely from the practice of law in Maryland, 
with a right to reapply no sooner than six months and one day from the date of suspension, 
it is this 10th day of December 2020 
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that, pursuant to Maryland Rule 
19-737(f), Respondent is indefinitely suspended from the further practice of law in the 
State of Maryland with a right to reapply no sooner than six months and one day from the 
date of suspension, and it is further 
 
ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Nancy Theresa 
Lord from the register of attorneys and, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-761, shall certify 
that fact to the Trustees of the Client Protection Fund and the clerks of all judicial tribunals 
in the State. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   /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  
Suzanne Johnson
2020-12-10 09:33-05:00