Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Rachel A. Smith
[Misc. Docket AG, No. 75, September Term, 2017]
Rachel A. Smith has been indefinitely suspended by consent, effective June 8, 2018 by an Order
of the Court, dated May 9, 2018.
Rachel A. Smith has been indefinitely suspended by consent, effective June 8, 2018 from the
further practice of law in the State, and her name as an attorney at law has been stricken from the
register of attorneys in this Court (Maryland Rule 19-761).
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION IN THE
OF MARYLAND
COURT OF APPEALS
Petitioner,
V. OF MARYLAND
Misc. Docket AG No. 75
RACHEL A. SMITH September Term 2017
Respondent.
ORDER
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Indefinite Suspension by Consent filed
herein pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-736, in which the Respondent admits she committed
professional misconduct in violation of Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.4(a) and (b) 1.5, 1.15(a), (c) and
(d), 1.16(d), 8.1(b), and 8.4(a) and (d), of the Rules of Professional Conduct, it is this 15th
day of May, 2018, hereby
ORDERED, that Respondent, Rachel A. Smith, be and she is hereby indefinitely
suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland, and it is further,
ORDERED, that this suspension shall take effect thirty (30) days after the entry of this
Order; and it is further,
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Rachel A. Smith
from the register of attorneys in the Court and certify that fact to the Client Protection Fund
of the Bar of Maryland all Clerks of all judicial tribunals in this State in accordance with
Maryland Rule 19-761.
/s/ Clayton Greene Jr.
Senior Judge