Robert Aaron Markle v. Comm'n for Lawyer Discipline

On September 18, 2020, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals issued an Order in the four appeals filed by The Woodlands attorney ROBERT AARON MARKLE [#24098037]. The Order dismissed for want of prosecution appeals of three Judgments of Partially Probated Suspension and one Judgment of Active Suspension, issued on September 4, 2019, by an evidentiary panel of the District 3 Grievance Committee of the State Bar of Texas. The evidentiary panel found that Markle violated Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct 1.01(b)(1) and (2) (neglect), 1.03 (a) and (b) (communication), 1.15(d) (termination of representation), and 8.04(a)(8) (misconduct involving failure to provide a required response to the Chief Disciplinary Counsel’s office or a district grievance committee). Markle was actively suspended for four years, effective August 16, 2019, through August 15, 2023. On March 5, 2021, the Supreme Court of Texas dismissed Markle’s appeal for want of prosecution [Case No. 20-0498]. BODA Case Nos. 63671, 63672, 63673, and 63674.