ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE
OF MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS
OF MARYLAND
Petitioner
Misc. Docket AG No. 79
V.
September Term, 2015
LAURA HAWKINS STRACHAN
Respondent.
ORDER
This matter came before the Court on the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance
Commission of Maryland and Respondent, Laura H. Strachan, to indefinitely suspend the
Respondent from the practice of law. The Court having considered the Petition and the record
herein, it is this 22nd day of February, 2016.
ORDERED, that Respondent, Laura Hawkins Strachan, be and she is hereby indefinitely
suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland for violation of Rules 5.5, 8.1(a) and
8.4 (a), (c) and (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 Laura Hawkins
Strachan 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