Attorney Grievance v. Lord

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE * IN THE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND * COURT OF APPEALS v. * OF MARYLAND * Misc. Docket AG No. 92 NANCY THERESA LORD * September Term, 2019 ORDER WHEREAS, this matter came before this Court upon the filing of a Petition for Disciplinary or Remedial Action by the Attorney Grievance Commission against Nancy Theresa Lord, Respondent, based upon the December 20, 2017 Order of the Supreme Court of Nevada suspending Respondent from the practice of law in that State for a period of six months and one day, effective the date of the Order, for violating the Nevada Rules of Professional Conduct, and WHEREAS, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-737, on May 12, 2020, this Court issued a Show Cause Order requiring the parties to show cause in writing why corresponding discipline should not be imposed by this Court and, in a separate order dated May 22, 2020, temporarily suspended Respondent, and WHEREAS, on June 24, 2020, the Attorney Grievance Commission filed a response to the Show Cause Order recommending that this Court disbar Respondent, and on July 24, 2020 this Court issued an order scheduling a hearing in the case for December 2020 to consider the Petition for Disciplinary or Remedial Action and responses to the Show Cause Order, and WHEREAS, the Court has considered the Petition, the parties’ written