Attorney Grievance Commission v. Harris

CATHELL, Judge.

On September 24, 2001, the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, petitioner, by Melvin Hirshman, Bar Counsel, and Glenn M. Grossman, Deputy Bar Counsel, filed1 a petition for disciplinary action against Alan Edgar Harris, respondent, for multiple violations of the Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC). The petition alleged that respondent, based on his representations of Emily Lewis and Preston Lawrence Henderson, had violated MRPC 1.1, 1.3, 1.4(a) and (b), 1.5(a), (b) and (c), 1.7(b) and (c), 1.8(a) and (j), 1.9(a) and (b), 3.2, and 8.4(a), (c) and (d).2

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