Attorney Grievance v. Moore

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND • OF MARYLAND Petitioner • Misc. Docket AG • No. 18 v. • September Term, 2016 RICHARD WELLS MOORE, JR. • Circuit Court for Baltimore County • Case No. 03-C-16-007680 AG Respondent ********************************************* 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 1.1, 1.3, 1.4(a) and (b), and 1.15(a-e), 1.16(d), 8.1(b) and 8.4(a) 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 6th day December, 2016, ORDERED, that Respondent, Richard Wells Moore, Jr. 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 Richard Wells Moore, Jr. from the register of attorneys in the Court, notify Respondent in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-742(a), and issue notice of such action in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-761(b). /s/ Clayton Greene Jr. Senior Judge