Opinion
No. 64 Sept. Term, 2018
01-10-2020
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. Arlene Adasa SMITH-SCOTT
Argued by Jennifer L. Thompson, Assistant Bar Counsel (Lydia E. Lawless, Bar Counsel Atty. Grievance Commission, Maryland), for Petitioner Argued by Nicholas Madiou and William C. Brennan, Jr. (Brennan, McKenna, Manzi, Shay, Chartered) Greenbelt, MD, for Respondent
Argued by Jennifer L. Thompson, Assistant Bar Counsel (Lydia E. Lawless, Bar Counsel Atty. Grievance Commission, Maryland), for Petitioner
Argued by Nicholas Madiou and William C. Brennan, Jr. (Brennan, McKenna, Manzi, Shay, Chartered) Greenbelt, MD, for Respondent
Argued before: Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Biran, JJ.
PER CURIAM ORDER
For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 10th day of January 2020,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, Arlene Adasa Smith-Scott be, and she is hereby, disbarred, effective immediately, from the further practice of law in the State of Maryland; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Arlene Adasa Smith-Scott 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 Arlene Adasa Smith-Scott.