Opinion
Misc. AG 35-2021
06-02-2022
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. JOHN ROBERT DISCAVAGE
Circuit Court for Montgomery County No. C-15-CV-21-000239
ORDER
MATTHEW J. FADER, CHIEF JUDGE
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland and the Respondent, John Robert Discavage, to suspend the Respondent from the practice of law in Maryland for six months, stayed in favor of one year probation with terms, for violating Rule 1.1 (competence), Rule 1.4(a)(1), (a) (4) and (b) (communication), Rule 1.7 (conflict of interest - general rule), Rule 1.9(a) (duties to former clients), Rule 1.16(a)(1) (declining or terminating representation), Rule 8.4 (a) and (d) (misconduct) of the Maryland Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct, it is this 2nd day of June, 2022
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, a majority concurring, that the Respondent, John Robert Discavage, be suspended for six months from the practice of law in the State of Maryland; and it is further
ORDERED, that, the suspension be, and hereby is, STAYED in favor of one year of probation with the terms contained in the Probation Agreement.