
    172 A.3d 926
    ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND, Petitioner v. William Gordon MCLAIN, IV, Respondent
    Misc. Docket AG No. 0008,
    Sept. Term, 2017
    Court of Appeals of Maryland.
    October 26, 2017
   ORDER

The Court of Appeals of Maryland, having considered the Joint Petition for Disbarment by Consent filed by Petitioner, the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, and Respondent, William Gordon McLain, rv, it is this 25th day of October, 2017;

ORDERED, that William Gordon McLain, IV, be, and he is hereby, disbarred, effective immediately, from the further practice of law in the State of Maryland for violating Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct 8.1(a), 8.4(b) and (c); and it is further

ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall strike the name of William Gordon McLain, IV, from the register of attorneys, and pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-761, shall certify the fact to the Trustees of the Client Protection Fund and the clerks of all judicial tribunals in the State.  