Opinion ID: 2302582
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: MLRPC 8.1(b): Admission and Disciplinary Matters

Text: Brown violated MLRPC 8.1(b). Under this rule, an attorney must answer timely requests from the Attorney Grievance Commission regarding a complaint in a potential disciplinary matter. Bleecker, 414 Md. at 173-74, 994 A.2d at 943-44 (citing, among other cases, Atty. Griev. Comm'n v. Queen, 407 Md. 556, 565-66, 967 A.2d 198, 203-04 (2009)). Here, Brown failed to reply to Petitioner's two letters, dated 19 March 2010 and 2 April 2010, which requested information about Respondent's representation of Wallace/ABS and Phoebus.