Case Name: ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND, Petitioner v. Roger Norman POWELL, Respondent
Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 2013-05-16
Citations: 431 Md. 442
Docket Number: Misc. Docket AG No. 31
Parties: ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND, Petitioner v. Roger Norman POWELL, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maryland Reports
Volume: 431
Pages: 442–442

Head Matter:
66 A.3d 45
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND, Petitioner v. Roger Norman POWELL, Respondent.
Misc. Docket AG No. 31
September Term, 2011.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
May 16, 2013.

Opinion:
ORDER
This matter came before the Court on the Joint Petition for Reprimand by Consent submitted by the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, Petitioner, and Roger Norman Powell, Respondent. The Court having considered the Petition, it is this 16th day of May, 2013,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, a majority of the Court concurring, that the Respondent Roger Norman Powell, be, and is hereby, reprimanded for his violation of Rules 1.1, 1.8(c), 3.4(c) and 8.4(a) of the Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct for preparing an instrument giving him a substantial gift from his client, who was not related to him and was not represented by independent counsel in connection with the gift and by assisting a client in conveying real property in contravention of a court order.