Case Name: In the Matter of the PETITION FOR REINSTATEMENT of Louis Peter TANKO, Jr. to the Bar of Maryland
Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 2014-02-12
Citations: 436 Md. 682
Docket Number: Misc. Docket AG No. 55
Parties: In the Matter of the PETITION FOR REINSTATEMENT of Louis Peter TANKO, Jr. to the Bar of Maryland.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maryland Reports
Volume: 436
Pages: 682–684

Head Matter:
84 A.3d 581
In the Matter of the PETITION FOR REINSTATEMENT of Louis Peter TANKO, Jr. to the Bar of Maryland.
Misc. Docket AG No. 55,
Sept. Term, 2012.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Feb. 12, 2014.
James N. Gaither, Assistant Bar Counsel (Glenn M. Gross-man, Bar Counsel, Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland), for Petitioner.
Craig L. Holcomb, Esquire (Frederick, MD), for Respondent.
Argued before: BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD and WATTS, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
ORDER.
This matter came before this Court most recently on a Petition for Reinstatement filed by Louis Peter Tanko, Jr. and the response of Bar Counsel. The Court denied the Petition for Reinstatement on December 14, 2012.
Petitioner filed thereafter an Amendment by Interlineation to the Petition for Reinstatement and Motion to Strike and Opposition to Bar Counsel's Response and for Reconsideration of Order Denying Reinstatement and Request for Hearing. Bar Counsel filed a response. The Court granted the motion for reconsideration and then denied the motion to strike, the request for hearing and request for reinstatement on May 16, 2013.
Petitioner filed a second Motion for Reconsideration and Request for Hearing on or about June 18, 2013. Bar Counsel responded seeking denial of the motion. The Court granted the Motion for Reconsideration and Request for Hearing. Oral arguments were heard before this Court during the January and February 2014 Sessions. In consideration of the papers and argument, it is this 12th day of February, 2014
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, a majority of the Court concurring, that Louis Peter Tanko, Jr. be, and he is hereby, reinstated to the practice of law in this State, subject to payment by Petitioner of $2,500 to Mrs. Sharon Gosnell, mother of his former client, Howard G. Brown, as disgorgement of the unearned portion of the $5,000 fee paid by Mrs. Gosnell, on behalf of her son, Mr. Brown; and it is further
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court, upon the condition having been met and certified by Bar Counsel that fact in writing to the Court, shall replace the name of Louis Peter Tanko, Jr. upon the register of attorneys entitled to practice law in this State and certify that fact to the Trustees of the Clients Protection Fund and to the Clerks of all judicial tribunals in this State.
BATTAGLIA, J., dissents.