ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE
OF MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS
OF MARYLAND
Petitioner
Misc. Docket AG No. 28
V.
September Term, 2015
APRIL JUANITA SANDS
Respondent.
ORDER
This matter came before the Court on the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance
Commission of Maryland and Respondent, April Juanita Sands, to indefinitely suspend the
Respondent from the practice of law. The Court having considered the Petition and the record
herein, it is this 5th day of January ,2016.
ORDERED, that Respondent, April Juanita Sands, be and she is hereby indefmitely
suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland for violation of Rule 8.4(d) of the
Maryland Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct; and it is further
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of April Juanita Sands from
the register of attorneys in the Court and certify that fact to the Client Protection Fund of the Bar 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