Maryland Daily Record » disbarred http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Mon, 20 May 2013 01:35:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Lawyer suspended over connection with loan-modification firm  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/31/lawyer-suspended-over-connection-with-loan-modification-firm/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/31/lawyer-suspended-over-connection-with-loan-modification-firm/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:54:43 +0000 Kristi Tousignant http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=232754 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A longtime Bethesda lawyer with an otherwise unblemished disciplinary record has been suspended indefinitely for misrepresenting to clients that he could help them avoid foreclosure, while he was actually delegating the bulk of the work to a loan-modification business with which he had a consulting agreement. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/31/lawyer-suspended-over-connection-with-loan-modification-firm/feed/ 0 Gitomer consents to his disbarment  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/08/gitomer-consents-to-his-disbarment/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/08/gitomer-consents-to-his-disbarment/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:41:58 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=221104 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Longtime appellate advocate Mark L. Gitomer has consented to disbarment amid “multiple” complaints of ethical lapses filed with the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, according to court documents. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/08/gitomer-consents-to-his-disbarment/feed/ 0 Property transfers lead to disbarment  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/11/property-transfers-lead-to-disbarment/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/11/property-transfers-lead-to-disbarment/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:09:52 +0000 Kristi Tousignant http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=219034 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> An attorney was disbarred Tuesday for client neglect and failing to keep records, including financial ones, in connection with several real estate transactions. It was the second disbarment for Perry Allen London. The first was in 1977, but he was reinstated in 1999. The present action stemmed from a complaint the Attorney Grievance Commission received [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/11/property-transfers-lead-to-disbarment/feed/ 0 Disbarred lawyer facing federal contempt charge  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/08/disbarred-lawyer-facing-federal-contempt-charge/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/08/disbarred-lawyer-facing-federal-contempt-charge/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:00:26 +0000 Ben Mook http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=218782 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A disbarred Laytonville lawyer now faces a federal criminal contempt charge and a $15,000 fine for repeatedly failing up to show for hearings in a lawsuit he filed in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/08/disbarred-lawyer-facing-federal-contempt-charge/feed/ 0 Disbarment follows neglect of pro bono cases  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/08/disbarment-follows-neglect-of-pro-bono-cases/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/08/disbarment-follows-neglect-of-pro-bono-cases/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:00:06 +0000 Kristi Tousignant http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=218759 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Denese Dominguez was disbarred by the Court of Appeals in May. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/08/disbarment-follows-neglect-of-pro-bono-cases/feed/ 0 Top court disbars 2 lawyers, suspends 1  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/29/top-court-disbars-2-lawyers-suspends-1/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/29/top-court-disbars-2-lawyers-suspends-1/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:00:42 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=214398 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Maryland’s top court last week unanimously disbarred two lawyers who missed filing deadlines, failed to respond to discovery requests, dipped into a trust account or sent an unreasonably high bill in retaliation against a client who had filed a complaint with the Attorney Grievance Commission. The Court of Appeals, in a third 7-0 decision, indefinitely [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/29/top-court-disbars-2-lawyers-suspends-1/feed/ 0 Top court disbars Rockville solo practitioner  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/27/top-court-disbars-rockville-solo-practitioner/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/27/top-court-disbars-rockville-solo-practitioner/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:31:25 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/27/top-court-disbars-rockville-solo-practitioner/ (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Maryland’s top court on Tuesday unanimously voted to disbar a Rockville lawyer who overbilled his client, failed to pay her any of the $10,000 settlement from her employment-discrimination lawsuit, and failed to respond to her telephone calls or cooperate with bar counsel’s investigators. The Court of Appeals, in stripping Adrian Van Nelson II of his [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/27/top-court-disbars-rockville-solo-practitioner/feed/ 0 Maryland attorney disbarred for fraud  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/19/maryland-attorney-disbarred-for-fraud/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/19/maryland-attorney-disbarred-for-fraud/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:16:54 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/19/maryland-attorney-disbarred-for-fraud/ (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A Maryland lawyer was disbarred for having submitted altered law firm promotional materials and correspondence to Washington, D.C. bar officials to conceal her years of noncompliance with the District of Columbia’s disclosure rule for attorneys not licensed there. Maryland’s highest court, in an opinion issued Monday, cited Darlene H. Smith’s “dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation” [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/19/maryland-attorney-disbarred-for-fraud/feed/ 0 Lobbyist wants his law license back  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/06/lobbyist-wants-his-law-license-back/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/06/lobbyist-wants-his-law-license-back/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:57:32 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=212098 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> ANNAPOLIS — The fate of lobbyist Ira C. Cooke’s bid for reinstatement to the Maryland bar likely rests with the newest judge on the state’s highest court. But Judge Robert N. McDonald, who joined the Court of Appeals Jan. 24, gave no indication of support or opposition to Cooke’s cause during oral argument Tuesday on [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/03/06/lobbyist-wants-his-law-license-back/feed/ 0 Top court disbars Hunt Valley attorney, scolds her counsel  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/28/top-court-disbars-hunt-valley-attorney-scolds-her-counsel/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/28/top-court-disbars-hunt-valley-attorney-scolds-her-counsel/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:27:53 +0000 Ben Mook http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/28/top-court-disbars-hunt-valley-attorney-scolds-her-counsel/ (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> In disbarring a Hunt Valley lawyer, the state’s highest court added a written admonishment to the woman and her counsel for an “unprecedented lack of common respect and decency” during the proceedings. The Court of Appeals last week disbarred Michele L. Payer, a bankruptcy attorney, for numerous violations of the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/28/top-court-disbars-hunt-valley-attorney-scolds-her-counsel/feed/ 0