Attorney Grievance v. Planta ( 2019 )

Circuit Court for Montgomery County
Case No. 463779-V
Argued: December 5, 2019
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
OF MARYLAND
Misc. Docket AG No. 62
September Term, 2018
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION
OF MARYLAND
v.
WILLIAM CLARK PLANTA
Barbera, C.J.
McDonald
Watts
Hotten
Getty
Booth
Battaglia, Lynne A.,
(Senior Judge, Specially Assigned)
JJ.
PER CURIAM ORDER
Filed: December 6, 2019
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal
Materials Act
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic.
2019-12-06
13:38-05:00
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE * In the
COMMISSION OF MARYLAND
* Court of Appeals
v. * of Maryland
WILLIAM CLARK PLANTA * Misc. Docket AG No. 62
September Term, 2018
PER CURIAM ORDER
For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 6th day of
December 2019,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, William
Clark Planta be, and he 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 William Clark
Planta 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
William Clark Planta.
/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera
Chief Judge