Court Opinion

ID: 9374586
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-02-23 17:05:49.225493+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:16:51.952394
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                                                                        IN THE
 ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE                                              *
 COMMISSION OF MARYLAND                                                 SUPREME COURT
                                                                 *
                                                                        OF MARYLAND
                        v.                                       *
                                                                        AG Docket No. 43
 ROBERT STEVEN POPE                                              *
                                                                        September Term, 2022
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                                                                ORDER

            Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Disbarment by Consent filed by

 the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland and Respondent, Robert Steven

 Pope, it is this 23rd day of February 2023, by the Supreme Court of Maryland,

            ORDERED that, effective immediately, the Respondent, Robert Steven Pope,

 is disbarred from the practice of law in the State of Maryland for violation of Rules

 1.15(a) and (b), 8.1(a) and (b), and (c) of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct;

 and it is further

           ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Robert Steven

Pope from the register of attorneys in this Court and certify that fact to the Trustees of

the Client Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland and all Clerks of all judicial tribunals

in this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-761(b); and it is further

           ORDERED that the Order issued on January 10, 2023, directing the parties to

show cause why corresponding discipline should not be imposed on the Respondent,

is satisfied.

Pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials
Act (§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this
document is authentic.

               2023-02-23 11:20-05:00
                                                                           /s/ Matthew J. Fader
                                                                               Chief Justice

Gregory Hilton, Clerk