Opinion ID: 2087719
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Complaint of Judge David B. Mitchell

Text: The hearing judge found that a fourth complaint had been filed by Bar Counsel as a result of a communication from Judge David B. Mitchell informing Bar Counsel that respondent had appeared in Judge Mitchell's courtroom representing a client in a criminal matter on September 30, 1998. [14] The hearing court found that respondent had been decertified by this Court on April 14, 1998. The findings indicated that he also failed to appear at the second, or continued, hearing concerning this complaint and failed to produce requested records in regard to the complaint. We conclude that respondent has violated the provisions of MRPC 5.5, which provides that [a] lawyer shall not: (a) practice law in a jurisdiction where doing so violates the regulation of the legal profession in that jurisdiction.... Cf. Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. Brennan, 350 Md. 489, 497-501, 714 A.2d 157, 161-62 (1998) (noting that a suspended attorney could not engage in the unauthorized practice of law, nor could another attorney supervise him in that practice due to MRPC 5.5). As we have indicated neither party has filed any exceptions to the hearing court's findings of facts. Accordingly, there remains only the issue of sanctions.