Attorney Grievance v. Barnwell

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE
OF MARYLAND
* COURT OF APPEALS
v. * OF MARYLAND
* Misc. Docket AG No. 54
September Term, 2020
SARAH RUTH BARNWELL *
(No. 484294-V, Circuit
* Court for Montgomery
County)
ORDER
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance Commission of
Maryland and Respondent, Sarah Ruth Barnwell, to suspend the Respondent from the
practice of law for 60 days for violations of Rules 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.15(a) and (c), 1.16(d),
and 8.4(a) and (d) of the Maryland Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct and Maryland
Rule 19-410, it is this 3rd day of March, 2021
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that effective April 2, 2021, the
Respondent, Sarah Ruth Barnwell, be suspended from the practice of law for 60 days, and it
is further
ORDERED, that, effective April 2, 2021, the Clerk of this Court shall remove the
name of Sarah Ruth Barnwell 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 19-761.
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal
Materials Act
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic.
2021-03-03
14:59-05:00
/s/ Robert N. McDonald
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk
Senior Judge