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ATTORNEY GRIEV. COMM'N v. SINCLAIR

Misc. Docket (Subtitle BV) No. 20, September Term, 1985.

305 Md. 430 (1986)

505 A.2d 106

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. JOHN HOWELL SINCLAIR.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Hirshman, Bar Counsel and Glenn M. Grossman, Assistant Bar Counsel, for the Atty. Grievance Com'n.

No appearance for respondent.

Argued before SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals (retired), Specially Assigned.

SMITH, Judge.

In this case we shall disbar an attorney whose neglect resulted in a default judgment in the amount of $100,000 being entered against his client.

Bar Counsel, acting pursuant to the provisions of Maryland Rule BV9, on behalf of the Attorney Grievance Commission, filed a petition with us seeking disciplinary action against John Howell Sinclair, a member of the Bar of this Court since July 7, 1969. The petition alleged violation of Disciplinary...

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