ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE OF MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS

OF MARYLAND

Petitioner

Misc. Docket AG No. 79 V.

September Term, 2015 LAURA HAWKINS STRACHAN

Respondent.

ORDER

This matter came before the Court on the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland and Respondent, Laura H. Strachan, to indefinitely suspend the Respondent from the practice of law. The Court having considered the Petition and the record herein, it is this 22nd day of February, 2016.

ORDERED, that Respondent, Laura Hawkins Strachan, be and she is hereby indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in the State of Maryland for violation of Rules 5.5, 8.1(a) and 8.4 (a), (c) and (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 Laura Hawkins Strachan 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