Attorney Grievance Commission v. Middleton

RODOWSKY, Judge.

The petitioner, Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, acting through Bar Counsel, filed a Petition for Disciplinary Action against the respondent, Michael G. Middleton (Middleton), alleging misconduct arising out of Middleton’s representation of the persons respectively accused in four separate criminal cases over a two-year period. Based on Middleton’s default, the hearing judge found that Middleton had committed all of the violations charged, the most serious of which, intentional misrepresentation to a court, is evidenced by a judgment of criminal contempt. Middleton,…