Circuit Court for Washington County
Case No. 21-C-16-056210 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
Argued: November 3, 2016
OF MARYLAND
Misc. Docket AG No. 11
September Term, 2014
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION
OF MARYLAND
v.
PHILIP JAMES SWEITZER
Barbera, C.J.
Greene
Adkins
McDonald
Watts
Hotten
Getty,
JJ.
PER CURIAM ORDER
Filed: November 4, 2016
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE * In the
COMMISSION OF MARYLAND
* Court of Appeals
v. * of Maryland
* Misc. Docket AG No. 11
PHILIP JAMES SWEITZER * September Term, 2014
PER CURIAM ORDER
For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it
is this 4th day November 2016,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the
Respondent, Philip James Sweitzer be, and he is hereby, disbarred,
effective immediately, from the further practice of law in the State
of Maryland; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of
Philip James Sweitzer from the register of attorneys, and pursuant
to Maryland Rule 19-761, shall certify that fact to the Trustees
of the Client Protection Fund and the clerks of all judicial tribunals
in the State; and it is further
ORDERED that Respondent shall pay all costs as taxed by the
Clerk of this Court, including the costs of all transcripts, pursuant
to Maryland Rule 19-709, for which sum judgment is entered in favor
of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland against Philip James
Sweitzer.
/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera
Chief Judge