ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE OF MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS

OF MARYLAND

Petitioner

Misc. Docket AG No. 28 V.

September Term, 2015 APRIL JUANITA SANDS

Respondent.

ORDER

This matter came before the Court on the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland and Respondent, April Juanita Sands, to indefinitely suspend the Respondent from the practice of law. The Court having considered the Petition and the record herein, it is this 5th day of January ,2016.

ORDERED, that Respondent, April Juanita Sands, be and she is hereby indefmitely suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland for violation of Rule 8.4(d) of the Maryland Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct; and it is further

ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of April Juanita Sands from the register of attorneys in the Court and certify that fact to the Client Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland and all Clerks of all judicial tribunals in this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 16- 772(d).

/s/ Lynne A. Battaglia

Senior Judge