Opinion
Misc. Docket AG No. 29 Sept. Term, 2019
09-27-2019
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND, Petitioner v. Ephraim Chukwuemeka UGWUONYE, Respondent
ORDER
UPON CONSIDERATION of a certified copy of the Order of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals dated May 2, 2019, wherein the Respondent, Ephraim Chukwuemeka Ugwuonye, was disbarred from the practice of law for violating the District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct, it is this 27th day of September, 2019,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, Ephraim Chukwuemeka Ugwuonye, be, and hereby is, temporarily suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-737(d), pending further order of this Court; and it is further
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Ephraim Chukwuemeka Ugwuonye 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 19-736(d).