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36 A.3d 976 (2012)
424 Md. 610
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND
v.
Darlene H. SMITH.
Misc. Docket AG No. 10, Sept. Term, 2011.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
February 3, 2012.
JaCina N. Stanton, Assistant Bar Counsel (Glenn M. Grossman, Bar Counsel, Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland), for Petitioner.
No argument filed on behalf of the Respondent.
*977 Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, BARBERA and McDONALD, JJ.
PER CURIAM ORDER.
For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 2nd day February, 2012,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the respondent, Darlene H. Smith, be, and she is hereby, disbarred, effective immediately, from the further practice of law in the State of Maryland; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Darlene H. Smith from the register of attorneys, and pursuant to Maryland Rule 16-760(e), shall certify that fact to the Trustees of the Client Protection Fund and the clerks of all judicial tribunals in the State; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent shall pay all costs as taxed by the Clerk of this Court, including the costs of all transcripts, pursuant to Maryland Rule 16-761(b), for which sum judgment is entered in favor of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland against Darlene H. Smith.