ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE
OF MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS
* OF MARYLAND
Petitioner,
* Misc. Docket AG
v.
* No. 98
ATHANASIOS THEODORE TSIMPEDES
* September Term, 2018
Respondent.
ORDER
Upon Consideration of the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance Commission of
Maryland and the Respondent, Athanasios Theodore Tsimpedes, to indefinitely suspend
the Respondent from the practice of law for violating Rules 1.15(a), (b) and (c), 8.1(b), and
8.4(d) of the Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct. The Court having considered the
Petition, and the record herein, it is this 12th day of August, 2019;
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that, effective September 1,
2019, the Respondent, Athanasios Theodore Tsimpedes, be indefinitely suspended from
the practice of law in the State of Maryland; and it is further
ORDERED, that, on September 1, 2019, the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name
of Athanasios Theodore Tsimpedes from the registry of attorneys in the Court and certify
that fact to the trustees of the Client Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland and all Clerks
of all judicial tribunals in this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-761.
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal
Materials Act
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic.
/s/ Robert N. McDonald
2019-08-12 Senior Judge
08:33-04:00
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk