Circuit Court for Baltimore County Case No. 03-C-12-010757 Argued on: February 11, 2014 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND Misc. Docket AG No. 49 September Term, 2012

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. JOSEPH LEE FRIEDMAN

Barbera, C.J.

Harrell Battaglia Greene Adkins McDonald Watts, JJ.

PER CURIAM ORDER

Filed: February 12, 2014 ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE * In the COMMISSION OF MARYLAND * Court of Appeals v. * of Maryland * Misc. Docket AG No. 49 JOSEPH LEE FRIEDMAN * September Term, 2012

PER CURIAM ORDER For reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed, it is this 12th day February, 2014, ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, Joseph Lee Friedman, be, and he 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 Joseph Lee Friedman from the register of attorneys, and pursuant to Maryland Rule 16-760(e), 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 16-761(b), for which sum judgment is entered in favor of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland against Joseph Lee Friedman. /s/ Mary Ellen Barbera Chief Judge