Lack of candor draws a disbarment in Md., suspension in Colorado

BY: Danny Jacobs
POSTED: May 1, 2011
Tags: Attorney Grievance Commission, colorado, Court of Appeals, disbarred, disciplinary proceeding, district judge, John Joseph Zudrow, Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, lawyer, maryland, suspension

The Court of Appeals has disbarred a lawyer following his suspension in Colorado for failing to disclose information during his own bankruptcy proceeding and giving false testimony during that case. Maryland’s highest court decided to go beyond reciprocal discipline for John Joseph Zudrow because actions involving intentional dishonesty generally lead to disbarment here. Judge Mary [...]

Hagerstown man charged with threatening district judge

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 8, 2011
Tags: charge, district judge, hagerstorwn, potomac center, threat, washington county jail, william spence
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HAGERSTOWN – A Hagerstown man faces a charge of threatening a public official after he talked about killing a local judge. Twenty-six-year-old William Spence was being held Tuesday at the Washington County jail on $25,000 bail after a bail-review hearing Monday. Spence was charged Thursday for comments he allegedly made at the Potomac Center, a [...]

Ex-CFO of Maryland Legal Aid sentenced to 30 months

BY: Danielle Ulman
POSTED: December 14, 2010
Tags: benjamin king, CFO, district judge, embezzlement, employer, judge, Law, legal aid, maryland, Maryland Legal Aid Bureau

A tearful Benjamin L. “Bennie” King Jr. apologized to his family and former employer Legal Aid before being sentenced to 30 months in prison Tuesday for embezzling more than $1 million from the organization over a decade. A federal judge in Baltimore sentenced the former chief financial officer of the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau to [...]