Title: Attorney Grievance v. Saunders

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION 
OF MARYLAND 
Petitioner 
V. 
STEPHEN JOHN SAUNDERS  
IN THE 
COURT OF APPEALS 
OF MARYLAND 
Misc. Docket AG 
No. 31 
September Term, 2016 
Respondent 
ORDER 
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Disbannent by Consent filed herein pursuant 
to Maryland Rule 19-736, in which Respondent admits he committed professional misconduct in 
violation of Rules 1.5(c), 1.15(a) and (d), and 8.4(c) and (d) of the Maryland Lawyers' Rules of 
Professional Conduct, in effect at the time of the misconduct, it is this _g_th  day of 
September 
,2016, 
ORDERED, that Respondent, Stephen John Saunders, be and he is hereby disbarred from 
the practice of law in the State of Maryland; and it is further 
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of IStephen John Saunders 
from the register of attorneys in the 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 19-761. 
/s/ Clayton Greene Jr. 
Senior Judge