In re the Reinstatement of Wyatt

ORDER RODOWSKY, Presiding Judge. On April 16, 1982, the Court disbarred the petitioner, Maurice Roche Wyatt. See Attorney Grievance Comm’n v. Wyatt, 293 Md. 324 , 443 A.2d 965 (1982). On February 24, 1993, the petitioner filed a petition for reinstatement.

Thereafter, on March 11, 1993, the Court referred the petition to the Attorney Grievance Commission to conduct an appropriate investigation and to submit a report and recommendation as to whether petitioner should be reinstated. On September 29, 1995, the Inquiry Panel and Review Board of the Attorney Grievance Commission filed in this Court separate reports in which the Inquiry Panel unanimously recommended that the petitioner be reinstated and the Review Board unanimously recommended against petitioner’s reinstatement. Based on these reports, Bar Counsel on behalf of the Attorney Grievance Commission has recommended that, if the petitioner is reinstated, the petitioner should be required to attend the professionalism course. After the petitioner submitted a response urging that he be reinstated, the Court conducted a hearing on the matter.

The Court has carefully considered the arguments of counsel presented at the hearing as well as the report and recommendation of the Attorney Grievance Commission and the reports of the Inquiry Panel and Review Board. The Court has also evaluated the essential factors to be considered in any reinstatement proceeding which are: (1) the nature and circumstances of the petitioner’s original misconduct; (2) the petitioner’s subsequent conduct