Attorney Grievance v. Briggs

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION* IN THE OF MARYLAND 200 Harry S. Truman Parkway • COURT OF APPEALS Suite 300 Annapolis, MD 21401 • OF MARYLAND Petitioner • Misc. Docket AG V. • No. 0023 • September Term, 2015 RONALD L. BRIGGS, JR. • In the Circuit Court • for Dorchester County • Case No. 09-C-15-022531 OC Respondent ORDER Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Disbarment by Consent filed herein pursuant to Maryland Rule 16-722, in which Respondent admits he committed professional misconduct in violation of Rules 1.3, 1.4(a)(b), 1.15(c), 4.1(a)(1), 8.1(6), and 8.4(a)(c) and (d) of Maryland Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct, it is this 16th dayof December ,2015, ORDERED, that Respondent, Ronald L. Briggs, Jr., be and he is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the State of Maryland, effective thirty (30) days from the date of this Order; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Ronald L. Briggs, Jr. from the register of attorneys in the Court and certify that fact to the Client Protection Fund of Maryland and all clerks of all judicial tribunals in this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 16-772(d). /s/ Lynne A. Battaglia Senior Judge