Attorney Grievance Comm'n of Md. v. Bellamy, 157 A.3d 806, 452 Md. 517 (2017)

April 3, 2017 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · No. 6, 13, Sept. Term, 2016

157 A.3d 806, 452 Md. 517

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND
v.
Denise Leona BELLAMY

No. 6, 13, Sept. Term, 2016

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 3, 2017

Ebtehai Kalantar, Assistant Bar Counsel (Raymond A. Hein, Acting Bar Counsel, Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland), for Petitioner.

No argument on behalf of Respondent.

Barbera, C.J., Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, JJ.

PER CURIAM ORDER

For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 3rd day of April 2017,

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, Denise Leona Bellamy 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 Denise Leona Bellamy 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 Denise Leona Bellamy.