Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Edward Allen Malone, Misc. Docket AG No. 47, September Term, 2020 ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE – SANCTIONS – DISBARMENT – Court of Appeals disbarred lawyer who, among other things, knowingly and intentionally misrepresented his disciplinary history on Texas Bar application by failing to disclose his prior disciplinary history; intentionally failed to disclose his admission to various bars in attempt to conceal his disciplinary history from Texas Board of Law Examiners; knowingly and intentionally provided false affidavits under oath, swearing that all information contained in his Texas Bar applications was true and correct; and knowingly and intentionally misrepresented that disclosure failures in his Texas Bar application were result of not reading application questions carefully enough. In addition, over period of several years, lawyer knowingly and intentionally failed to supplement Texas Bar application and re-applications with information concerning bar admissions and disciplinary history, thereby failing to correct misconception that he had fully disclosed his disciplinary history in all jurisdictions in which he was licensed; and engaged in pattern of dishonest and deceitful conduct that was prejudicial to administration of justice in applying to be admitted to Texas Bar. Such conduct violated Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct (“MLRPC”) 8.1(a) and (b) (Bar Admission and Disciplinary Matters), 8.4(b) (Criminal Act), 8.4(c) (Dishonesty, Fraud, Deceit, or Misrepresentation), 8.4(d) (Conduct that is Prejudicial to Administration of Justice), and 8.4(a) (Violating MLRPC). Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County Case No. C-02-CV-20-002203 Argued: October 4, 2022 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND Misc. Docket AG No. 47 September Term, 2020 ______________________________________ ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. EDWARD ALLEN MALONE ______________________________________ Fader, C.J. Watts Hotten Booth Biran Gould Eaves, JJ. ______________________________________ Opinion by Watts, J. ______________________________________ Filed: November 18, 2022 Pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic. 2022-11-18 12:54-05:00 Gregory Hilton, Clerk This attorney discipline proceeding involves a lawyer who engaged in a continued course of dishonest and deceitful conduct to gain admission to the Bar of Texas. In Attorney Grievance Comm’n v. Malone, 477 Md. 225, 291-92, 269 A.3d 282, 321-22 (2022) (“Malone I”), we concluded that Edward Allen Malone, Respondent, “knowingly and intentionally provided false responses on his sworn Texas bar applications” when he failed to disclose information concerning his prior disciplinary history and bar admissions and “declared under oath in his affidavit that the information he provided was true and correct, thereby committing perjury under Texas law.” In addition, we concluded that Malone knowingly and intentionally failed to supplement his Texas Bar application and subsequent re-applications with accurate information and thereby failed to correct the misapprehension that he had fully disclosed his disciplinary history in the jurisdictions in which he was licensed. See id. at 292, 269 A.3d at 321. We determined that, with this misconduct, Malone, a member of the Bar of Maryland, violated Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct (“MLRPC”) 8.1(a) and (b) (Bar Admission and Disciplinary Matters), 8.4(a) (Violating the MLRPC), …
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