ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
OF MARYLAND * OF MARYLAND
Petitioner • Misc. Docket AG
• No. 24
V. • September Term, 2016
ROBERT PAUL PRATZ • In the Circuit Court for
• Anne Arundel County
• Case No. C-02-CV-16-002482
Respondent
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ORDER
This matter came before the Court on Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance
Commission and the Respondent, Robert Paul Pratz to indefinitely suspend the Respondent from
the practice of law with the right to reapply in one year, provided restitution is paid in full, for
violations of Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8(h), 1.15, 1.16(d), 8.4(a) and 8.4(d) of the Maryland
Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct, in effect at the time of misconduct. The Court having
considered the Joint Petition, it is this 22nd day of September ,2016;
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that Respondent, Robert Paul Pratz,
be and he is hereby indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland with
the right to reapply in one year; and it is further
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Robert Paul Pratz 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 19-736(d).
/s/ Clayton Greene, Jr.
Senior Judge