ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION * IN THE OF MARYLAND * COURT OF APPEALS

v. * OF MARYLAND

* Misc. Docket AG No. 36, JAMES JOSEPH FOURNIER September Term, 2019 * (No. 472794-V, Circuit * Court for Montgomery County)

ORDER

Upon consideration of the Joint Petition of the Attorney Grievance Commission of

Maryland and Respondent, James Joseph Fournier, to indefinitely suspend the Respondent

from the practice of law, it is this 14th day of August, 2020,

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the Respondent, James

Joseph Fournier, be indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in the State of

Maryland for violating Rules 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 3.3, 8.1(b), and 8.4(a), (c), and (d) of the

Rules of Professional Conduct; and it is further

ORDERED, that the Clerk of this Court shall remove the name of James Joseph

Fournier from the register of attorneys in this Court and certify that fact to the Trustees of

the Client Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland and all Clerks of all judicial tribunals in

this State in accordance with Maryland Rule 19-761.

Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic.

Suzanne Johnson 2020-08-14 14:42-04:00 /s/ Robert N. McDonald Senior Judge Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk