Attorney Grievance v. Ekekwe ( 2019 )

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE
OF MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS
* OF MARYLAND
Petitioner
* Misc. Docket AG
v. No. 15
*
OLEKANMA ARNNETTE EKEKWE September Term, 2019
*
Respondent
ORDER
UPON CONSIDERATION of the certified copy of the Opinion of the District
of Columbia Court of Appeals dated June 27, 2019, wherein the Respondent, Olekanma
Arnnette Ekekwe, was suspended from the practice of law for three years for violating
the District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct, it is this 4th day of October,
2019,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent,
Olekanma Arnnette Ekekwe, 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 the Court; and it is further
ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of Olekanma
Arnnette Ekekwe 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
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic. /s/ Mary Ellen Barbera
2019-10-04 14:43-04:00
Chief Judge
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk