ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE
OF MARYLAND
* COURT OF APPEALS
v. * OF MARYLAND
* Misc. Docket AG No. 8
BRUCE NICHOLAS DESIMONE * September Term, 2020
ORDER
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance Commission of
Maryland and the Respondent, Bruce Nicholas Desimone, to indefinitely suspend the
Respondent from the practice of law with the right to petition for reinstatement in ninety
days, it is this 7th day of April, 2021
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that, effective May 10, 2021, the
Respondent, Bruce Nicholas Desimone, be, and hereby is, indefinitely suspended from the
practice of law in the State of Maryland with the right to petition for reinstatement in ninety
days, for violations of Rules 19-301.1, 19-301.3, 19-301.4, 19-305.3, 19-308.1(a) and (b) and
19-308.4(a), (c) and (d) of the Maryland Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct; and it is
further
ORDERED, that, on May 10, 2021, the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of
Bruce Nicholas Desimone from the register of attorneys in this 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/ Mary Ellen Barbera
2021-04-07 16:00-04:00 Chief Judge
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk