Attorney Grievance Commission v. Steven Anthony Lang & Olayemi Isaac Falusi, Misc. Docket AG No. 86, September Term, 2016 ATTORNEY MISCONDUCT — DISCIPLINE — INDEFINITE SUSPENSION — Respondent Steven Anthony Lang violated Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.15, 1.16, 5.5, 7.1, 7.5, 8.1, and 8.4, and Maryland Rules 16-603, 16-604, and 16-601.1. These violations arose from Mr. Lang’s conduct in representing a client in a foreclosure proceeding; assisting and enabling an unadmitted attorney to practice law in Maryland; failing to maintain an attorney trust account; and making material misrepresentations to Bar Counsel. An indefinite suspension is the appropriate sanction for Mr. Lang’s misconduct. ATTORNEY MISCONDUCT — DISCIPLINE — INDEFINITE SUSPENSION — Respondent Olayemi Isaac Falusi violated Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.16, 5.5, 7.1, 7.5, 8.1, and 8.4, and Maryland Code Annotated, Business Occupations & Professions § 10-601. These violations arose from Mr. Falusi’s conduct in engaging in the unauthorized practice of law in Maryland by representing three clients in Maryland matters; failing to disclose the existence of his law practice on his application for admission to the Maryland Bar; and making material misrepresentations to Bar Counsel concerning his practice. An indefinite suspension is the appropriate sanction for Mr. Falusi’s conduct. Circuit Court for Prince George’s County Case No. CAE17-07945 Argued: April 9, 2018 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND Misc. Docket AG No. 86 September Term, 2016 ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. STEVEN ANTHONY LANG & OLAYEMI ISAAC FALUSI Barbera, C.J., Greene Adkins McDonald Watts Hotten Getty, JJ. Opinion by Barbera, C.J. Watts, J., concurs and dissents Filed: August 16, 2018 2018-08-16 12:48-04:00 On January 30, 2017, Petitioner, the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, acting through Bar Counsel, filed in this Court a Petition for Disciplinary or Remedial Action (“Petition”) against Respondents Steven Anthony Lang and Olayemi Isaac Falusi. From November 2012 to February 2014, Mr. Lang and Mr. Falusi were partners in Lang & Falusi, LLP. As for Mr. Lang, the Petition alleged violations of the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct1 (“MLRPC”) 1.1 (Competence), 1.2 (Scope of Representation), 1.3 (Diligence), 1.4(a) and (b) (Communication), 1.5(a) (Fees), 1.15(a) and (c) (Safekeeping Property), 1.16(d) (Declining or Terminating Representation), 3.3 (Candor Toward the Tribunal), 5.5(a) (Unauthorized Practice of Law; Multijurisdictional Practice of Law), 7.1(a) (Communications Concerning a Lawyer’s Services), 7.5(a) (Firm Names and Letterheads), 8.1(a) and (b) (Bar Admission and Disciplinary Matters), and 8.4(a), (c), and (d) (Misconduct). The Petition also alleged that Mr. Lang violated Maryland Rules 16-603 (Duty to maintain account), 16-604 (Trust account — Required deposits), and 16-606.1 (Attorney trust account record-keeping).2 The Petition alleged that Mr. Falusi violated MLRPC 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4(a) and (b), 1 Effective July 1, 2016, the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct (“MLRPC”) were renamed the Maryland Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct and recodified, without substantive change, in Title 19 of the Maryland Rules. Because we judge Respondents’ conduct against the law at the time of their ...
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