Attorney Grievance v. Smith-Scott ( 2020 )

Circuit Court for Prince George’s County
Case No. CAE-18-23035
Case No. CAE-19-08617
Argued: January 10, 2020
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
OF MARYLAND
Misc. Docket AG Nos. 8 & 64
September Term, 2018
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION
OF MARYLAND
v.
ARLENE ADASA SMITH-SCOTT
Barbera, C.J.
McDonald
Watts
Hotten
Getty
Booth
Biran,
JJ.
PER CURIAM ORDER
Filed: January 10, 2020
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal
Materials Act
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic.
2020-01-10
15:29-05:00
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE * IN THE
COMMISSION OF MARYLAND
* COURT OF APPEALS
v. * OF MARYLAND
ARLENE ADASA SMITH-SCOTT * Misc. Docket AG Nos. 8 & 64
September Term, 2018
PER CURIAM ORDER
For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 10th day of January
2020,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, Arlene
Adasa Smith-Scott be, and she is hereby, disbarred, effective immediately, from the
further practice of law in the State of Maryland; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of Arlene Adasa
Smith-Scott from the register of attorneys, and pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-761, shall
certify that fact to the Trustees of the Client Protection Fund and the clerks of all judicial
tribunals in the State; and it is further
ORDERED that Respondent shall pay all costs as taxed by the Clerk of this Court,
including the costs of all transcripts, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-709, for which sum
judgment is entered in favor of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland against
Arlene Adasa Smith-Scott.
/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera
Chief Judge