Opinion
Misc. Docket AG No. 0023
12-16-2015
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND 200 Harry S. Truman Parkway Suite 300 Annapolis, MD 21401 Petitioner v. RONALD L. BRIGGS, JR. Respondent
In the Circuit Court for Dorchester County
Case No. 09-C-15-022531 OC ORDER
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Disbarment by Consent filed herein pursuant to Maryland Rule 16-722, in which Respondent admits he committed professional misconduct in violation of Rules 1.3, 1.4(a)(b), 1.15(c), 4.1(a)(1), 8.1(b), and 8.4(a)(c) and (d) of Maryland Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct, it is this 16th day of December, 2015,
ORDERED, that Respondent, Ronald L. Briggs, Jr., be and he is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the State of Maryland, effective thirty (30) days from the date of this Order; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Ronald L. Briggs, Jr. from the register of attorneys in the Court and certify that fact to the Client Protection Fund of Maryland and all clerks of all judicial tribunals in this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 16-772(d).
/s/ Lynne A. Battaglia
Senior Judge