Attorney Grievance v. Moawad & Adams ( 2020 )

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, 1.4(a)(2)-(3) and (b),
1.16(d), and 5.3(b) of the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct in effect prior
to July 1, 2016, and Rules 1.1, 1.4(a)(2)-(3) and (b), 5.3(b), 8.1(a), and 8.4(a), (c) and (d)
of the Maryland Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct in effect since July 1, 2016; and
it is further
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall place the name of George R. Adams
on a list maintained by the Court of non-admitted attorneys who are excluded from
exercising in any manner the privilege of practicing law in this State; and it is further
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall forward copies of this order in
accordance with Maryland Rule 19-742(g) and give the notice required by Rule 19-707(e)
as to George R. Adams; and it is further
ORDERED, that judgment is hereby entered in favor of the Attorney Grievance
Commission of Maryland against George R. Adams in the amount of $648.20; and it is
further
ORDERED, that the Court’s transmittal Order of April 9, 2020 remains in effect
with respect to the charges set forth in the Petition for Disciplinary or Remedial Action
against Edward Emad Moawad.
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal
Materials Act
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic.
2020-09-18 10:12-04:00
/s/ Robert N. McDonald
Senior Judge
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk