Attorney Grievance Commission v. Newman

SMITH, Judge.

Bar Counsel, acting pursuant to the provisions of Maryland Rule BV9, filed a petition with us seeking disciplinary action against John Henry Newman, Jr., a member of the Maryland Bar since June 20, 1974. The complaint was based upon Newman’s conviction in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey of violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1342 (mail fraud and aiding and abetting). Upon the basis of this conviction we had suspended Newman from the practice of law in Maryland under Rule BV16 prior to that petition. We shall disbar.

Pursuant to Rule BV9 b we referred…