Opinion
Misc. Docket AG No. 81, Sept. Term, 2015
04-03-2017
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. Melodie Venee SHULER
Amy S. Paulick, Assistant Bar Counsel (Raymond A. Hein, Acting Bar Counsel, Attorney Grievance Commission, Maryland) for Petitioner No argument on behalf of Respondent
Amy S. Paulick, Assistant Bar Counsel (Raymond A. Hein, Acting Bar Counsel, Attorney Grievance Commission, Maryland) for Petitioner
No argument on behalf of Respondent
Barbera, C.J., Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Hotten, Getty, Glenn T. Harrell, Jr., (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.
PER CURIAM ORDERFor reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 3rd day April 2017,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, Melodie Venee Shuler be, and she is hereby, disbarred, effective immediately, from the further practice of law in the State of Maryland; and it is furtherORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Melodie Venee Shuler from the register of attorneys, and pursuant to Maryland Rule 19–761, shall certify that fact to the Trustees of the Client Protection Fund and the clerks of all judicial tribunals in the State; and it is further
ORDERED that Respondent shall pay all costs as taxed by the Clerk of this Court, including the costs of all transcripts, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19–709, for which sum judgment is entered in favor of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland against Melodie Venee Shuler.