Attorney Grievance v. Discavage

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE
OF MARYLAND
* COURT OF APPEALS
* OF MARYLAND
v.
* Misc. Docket AG No. 35
September Term, 2021
JOHN ROBERT DISCAVAGE *
(No. C-15-CV-21-000239,
* Circuit Court for
Montgomery County)
ORDER
Upon consideration of the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance Commission of
Maryland and the Respondent, John Robert Discavage, to suspend the Respondent from
the practice of law in Maryland for six months, stayed in favor of one year probation with
terms, for violating Rule 1.1 (competence), Rule 1.4(a)(1), (a) (4) and (b) (communication),
Rule 1.7 (conflict of interest – general rule), Rule 1.9(a) (duties to former clients), Rule
1.16(a)(1) (declining or terminating representation), Rule 8.4 (a) and (d) (misconduct) of
the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct, it is this 2nd day of June, 2022
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, a majority concurring, that the
Respondent, John Robert Discavage, be suspended for six months from the practice of law
in the State of Maryland; and it is further
ORDERED, that, the suspension be, and hereby is, STAYED in favor of one year
of probation with the terms contained in the Probation Agreement.
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal
Materials Act
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic.
/s/ Matthew J. Fader
2022-06-02 13:54-04:00 Chief Judge
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk