Attorney Grievance Commission v. Pleshaw

HARRELL, J.,

dissenting, in which MURPHY, J., joins.

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals (“D.C. Court”), on 12 August 2010, disbarred Robert J. Pleshaw (“Pleshaw”) from the practice of law in the District of Columbia (“D.C.”) for an ethical faux-pas he committed in a probate matter in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. As Pleshaw is also admitted to practice law in Maryland, the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, acting through Bar Counsel, petitioned this Court under Md. Rule 16-773(b), to impose reciprocal discipline, ie., disbarment. We issued a Show Cause Order,…