Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. O'Neill

Murphy, C. J., and Orth and Cole, JJ., dissent and Murphy, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion in which Orth and Cole, JJ., concur at page 57 infra.

Bar Counsel on behalf of the Attorney Grievance Commission filed a petition for disciplinary action against Robert Joseph O’Neill, III (O’Neill). It alleged that he had violated Disciplinary Rule 1-102 (A), subsections (4), (5), and (6). Pursuant to the Maryland BV rules we referred the complaint to a judge of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County for hearing. He conducted an evidentiary hearing. He *53then filed a memorandum opinion setting forth his…