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ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION IN THE
OF MARYLAND *
COURT OF APPEALS
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OF MARYLAND
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Petitioner
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Misc. Docket AG
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v.
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DALE EDWARD ROWLAND *
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September Term, 2018
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Respondent
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QM
This matter came before the Court on the Joint Petition ofthe Attorney Grievance
Commission 0f Maryland and the Respondent, Dale Edward Rowland, t0 indefinitely
suspend the Respondent from the practice of law. The Court having considered the Petition,
it is this __
28th day of September ,
2018
ORDERED, that the Respondent, Dale Edward Rowland, be and he hereby is
indefinitely suspended from the practice 0f law in the State of Maryland, effective sixty
(60) days from the date Ofthis Order, for Violating Rules 1.1, 1.15(a) & (b), and 19-308. 1(b)
of the MLRPC/MARPC, in effect at the time 0f the misconduct, and Maryland Rules 16-
606.1 and 19-407, Rules 16-607 and 19-408, and Rules 16-609 and 19-410; and it is further
ORDERED, that ajudgment be, and hereby is, entered against the Respondent and
in favor of the Attorney Grievance Commission in the amount 0f $320.00; and it is further
ORDERED, that, sixty (60) days from the date 0f this Order, the Clerk of the Court
shall remove the name Dale Edward Rowland from the register 0f attorneys in the Court
and certify that fact to the Client Protection Fund 0f the Bar of Maryland and all Clerks 0f
all judicial tribunals in this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-736(d).
2018-09-28 /s/ Mary Ellen Barbera
13:46-04:00 Chief Judge