Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. Gillespie

Summary

The Court imposed reciprocal discipline on Gillespie for repeated and pervasive violations involving dishonesty toward tribunals and opposing counsel in hundreds of cases. It held that a four-month Maryland suspension would not be functionally equivalent to the district-court sanction because reinstatement there requires a showing of fitness, and it further held that Gillespie's extensive misconduct warranted substantially greater discipline. The Court therefore imposed an indefinite suspension, with reinstatement unavailable until at least one year after the opinion and until Gillespie is reinstated in the district court.