ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE • IN THE
COMMISSION OF MARYLAND •
200 Harry Truman Parkway • COURT OF APPEALS
Suite 300
Annapolis, MD 21401 • OF MARYLAND
Petitioner
• Misc. Docket AG
V. • No. 0011
• September Term, 2016
BRUCE MICHAEL SMITH
• IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
• BALTIMORE COUNTY
Respondent • Case No. 03-C-16-006867 AG
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ORDER
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Disbarment by Consent filed herein pursuant
to Maryland Rule 19-736, in which Respondent admits he committed professional misconduct in
violation of Rules IT, 1.3, 1,4(a) and (b), 1.5(a), and 8.4(a)(b)(c) and (d), of the Maryland
Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct, which were the rules in effect at the time of this
misconduct, it is this 1st day of November ,2016,
ORDERED, that Respondent, Bruce Michael Smith, be and he is hereby disbarred from
the practice of law in the State of Maryland; and it is further
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Bruce Michael Smith
from the register of attorneys in the Court, notify Respondent in accordance with Maryland Rule
I9-742(a), and issue notice of such action in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-761(6).
/s/ Clayton Greene jr.
Senior Judge
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