Attorney Grievance v. Hessel

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE OF MARYLAND * COURT OF APPEALS v. * OF MARYLAND * Misc. Docket AG No. 13 September Term, 2022 MARK LEONARD HESSEL * (No. C-15-CV-22-003238, * Circuit Court for Montgomery County) ORDER Upon consideration of the Joint Petition for Disbarment by Consent filed on November 1, 2022, by the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, Petitioner, and Mark Leonard Hessel, Respondent, in which the parties jointly petition the Court to disbar Respondent, WHEREAS, in the Joint Petition, the parties advise that Respondent, Mark L. Hessel, was admitted to the Bar of Maryland on May 25, 1982 and has maintained an office for the practice of law in Montgomery County, Maryland, WHEREAS, on August 10, 2022, Petitioner filed a Petition for Disciplinary or Remedial Action in this Court against Respondent. By Order dated August 26, 2022, this Court transmitted the Petition to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County for a hearing and designated Judge Kathleen M. Dumais as the hearing judge. A hearing date has not yet been scheduled, WHEREAS, Respondent consents to disbarment with the knowledge that if a hearing were held on the instant petition, sufficient evidence would be produced, the facts of which are set forth in the Joint Petition, to establish that he engaged in conduct that violated Maryland Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct 19-301.1 (competence); 19-301.2 (scope of representation); 19-301.3 (diligence); 19-301.4 (communication); 19-301.5 (fees); 19- 301.16(d) (declining or terminating representation); 19-303.2 (expediting litigation); 19- 303.4(c) (fairness