Attorney Grievance v. Ugwuonye

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION* IN THE
OF MARYLAND * COURT OF APPEALS
* OF MARYLAND
Petitioner *
* Misc. Docket AG
v. * No. 29
*
EPHRAIM CHUKWUEMEKA UGWUONYE * September Term, 2019
*
Respondent *
ORDER
UPON CONSIDERATION of a certified copy of the Order of the District of
Columbia Court of Appeals dated May 2, 2019, wherein the Respondent, Ephraim
Chukwuemeka Ugwuonye, was disbarred from the practice of law for violating the District
of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct, it is this 27th day of September, 2019,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, Ephraim
Chukwuemeka Ugwuonye, be, and hereby is, temporarily suspended from the practice of
law in the State of Maryland, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-737(d), pending further order
of this Court; and it is further
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Ephraim
Chukwuemeka Ugwuonye from the register of attorneys in this Court and certify that fact
to the Trustees of the Client Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland and all Clerks of all
judicial tribunals in this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-736(d).
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal
Materials Act
/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic.
Chief Judge
2019-09-27
11:07-04:00
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk