ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE OF MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS * OF MARYLAND Petitioner, * Misc. Docket AG V. N0. * September Term, 20 1 7 JEFFREY ADAM WERTKIN Respondent.

ORDER This matter came before the Court on the Joint Petition ofthe Attorney Grievance

Commission of Maryland and Respondent, Jeffrey Adam Wertkin, t0 disbar the

Respondent from the practice of law. The Court having considered the Petition, it is this

16th day of January , 8, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland;

ORDERED, that Respondent, Jeffrey Adam Wertkin, be, and he hereby is, disbarred from the practice of law in the State 0f Maryland for violation of Rule 8.4(b), (c) and (d)

0f the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct and Rules 19-308.4(b), (c) and

(d) of the Maryland Attorneys’ Rules 0f Professional Conduct; and it is further

ORDERED, that the Clerk 0f this Court shall remove the name of Jeffrey Adam Wertkin from the register of attorneys in this Court and certify that fact to the Trustees of

the Client Protection Fund ofthe Bar ofMaryland and all Clerks 0f all judicial tribunals in

this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-736(d).

/s/ Clayton Greene Jr. Senior Judge