ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMM. OF MARYLAND v. ZENTZ, 371 Md. 152 (2002)

807 A.2d 48

Misc. Docket AG, No. 6, September Term 2002Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Filed: September 19, 2002

John C. Eldridge, Judge

ORDER
This matter came before the Court on the Joint Petition for Reprimand by Consent submitted by the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, Petitioner, and Carl Edwin Zentz, Respondent. The Court having considered the Petition, it is this 19th day of September, 2002,

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland that the Respondent, Carl Edwin Zentz, be, and he hereby is, reprimanded for his violation of Rules 1.1, 1.2(d), 3.1, 3.3(a), 3.4(c), 5.5(b), and 8.4(a), (c) and (d) of the Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct by allowing a disbarred lawyer to prepare and file pleadings and papers in the United States Bankruptcy Court on behalf of a Limited Liability Corporation for which the disbarred lawyer was the managing member, and to sign Respondent’s name on those papers;

And it is further ORDERED, that the Respondent, Carl Edwin Zentz, shall not enter his appearance in the United States Bankruptcy Court or otherwise undertake the representation of a client in a bankruptcy matter.

And it is further ORDERED, that the Respondent, Carl Edwin Zentz, shall not appear as counsel in any matter in any court without co-counsel for a period of two years from the date of this Court’s Order.

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