Attorney Grievance v. Moawad & Adams

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE OF MARYLAND * COURT OF APPEALS v. * OF MARYLAND * Misc. Docket AG No. 11, EDWARD EMAD MOAWAD and September Term, 2020 GEORGE R. ADAMS * (No. 481259-V, Circuit * Court for Montgomery County) CORRECTED ORDER The Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, Petitioner, previously filed a Petition for Disciplinary or Remedial Action jointly against Edward Emad Moawad, a member of the Bar of this Court, and George R. Adams, a non-member of the Bar of this Court, as captioned above. By the Court’s Order dated April 9, 2020, the charges contained in the petition were transmitted, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-722(a), to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County to be heard and determined by Judge Cheryl A. McCally of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-727. Upon consideration of the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland and the Respondent, George R. Adams, to suspend Respondent Adams indefinitely from the practice of law in Maryland as an attorney not admitted to the Bar of this Court, it is this 17th day of September, 2020 ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, George R. Adams, be indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland for engaging in professional misconduct that violated Rules 1.1, 1.3,