Title: Attorney Grievance v. Ekekwe

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION 
* IN THE 
OF MARYLAND 
COURT OF APPEALS 
* OF MARYLAND 
Petitioner 
 
v. 
 
* Misc. Docket AG 
No. 15 
* 
OLEKANMA ARNNETTE EKEKWE 
September Term, 2019 
* 
Respondent 
ORDER 
 
UPON CONSIDERATION of the certified copy of the Opinion of the District 
of Columbia Court of Appeals dated June 27, 2019, wherein the Respondent, Olekanma 
Arnnette Ekekwe, was suspended from the practice of law for three years for violating 
the District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct, it is this 4th day of October, 
2019,  
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, 
Olekanma Arnnette Ekekwe, be, and hereby is, temporarily suspended from the practice 
of law in the State of Maryland, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-737(d), pending further 
order of the Court; and it is further 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Olekanma 
Arnnette Ekekwe 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 19-736(d). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/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 
2019-10-04 14:43-04:00