ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION IN THE
OF MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS
OF MARYLAND
Petitioner,
Misc. Docket AG No. 129
v. September Term, 2016
LAURENCE FLEMING JOHNSON
Respondent.
ORDER
This matter came before the Court on the Joint Petition for Indefinite Suspension with a
Right to Seek Reinstatement After Ninety (90) Days filed by the Attorney Grievance Commission
of Maryland and the Respondent, Laurence Fleming Johnson, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-736,
in which the Respondent admits that he violated Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.15(a) & (c), and 5.3(b) of the
Maryland Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct, as then enacted. The Court, having considered
the Petition, it is this 28 th day of July ,2017,
ORDERED, that Respondent, Laurence Fleming Johnson, be and he hereby is indefinitely
suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland, effective fifteen (15) days from the
date of this Order, with the right to seek reinstatement after ninety (90) days; and it is further
ORDERED, that, the Clerk of the Court shall remove the name Laurence Fleming Johnson
from the register of attorneys in this Court, notify the Respondent in accordance with Maryland
Rule 19-742 (a)(1), and comply with Maryland Rule 19-761.
/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera
Chief Judge