Baltimore County lawyer blamed for client’s murder 

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: May 9, 2013
Tags: baltimore city, Baltimore County, isiah callaway, larry j. feldman, Law, lawyer, legal news, malpractice, sliverman thompson slutkin white, tavon davis

The family of a potential witness in a federal bank fraud case is accusing his former attorney of malpractice that led to the young man’s death.

Hopkins picks legal counsel from University of Minnesota 

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: April 10, 2013
Tags: big ten, Education, general counsel, Johns Hopkins, johns hopkins university, Law, lawyer, mark b. rotenberg, Minnesota, Supreme Court

The Johns Hopkins University has named Mark B. Rotenberg its new vice president and general counsel.

Suspended lawyer must first be reinstated in D.C. 

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: March 5, 2013
Tags: breaking news, d.c. suspension, Disbarment, lawyer, legal news, maryland, robert weston mance

The equivalent punishment for an attorney’s six-month suspension in Washington, D.C., is indefinite suspension in Maryland, the state’s top court has decided.

Veteran cop plays key role in contract talks 

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: February 14, 2013
Tags: gary mclhinney, Law, law firm, lawyer, legal news, Maryland Transportation Authority Police, negotiator, police

Gary McLhinney once donned long hair and a beard as an undercover cop, but has gone from negotiating with dealers on the streets to arguing for fair wages in glass-paned conference rooms.

Barry Bonds seeks dismissal of felony conviction

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 13, 2013
Tags: 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, appeal, barry bonds, felony conviction, Law, lawyer, legal news, steroids

SAN FRANCISCO — A lawyer for Barry Bonds has urged a federal appeals court to toss out the slugger’s obstruction of justice conviction. Dennis Riordan argued Wednesday before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Bonds’ was never specifically charged with the crime he was convicted of. A jury in April 2011 found Bonds [...]

Baltimore attorney who represented White House gatecrashers disbarred 

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: February 11, 2013
Tags: attorney, Attorney Grievance Commission, Baltimore, Court of Appeals, Disbarment, lawyer, maryland, michaele salahi, paul winston gardner

A Baltimore entertainment lawyer known for representing the couple who crashed a White House state dinner in 2009 has been disbarred.

Lawyer stops red-light camera fine 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: February 7, 2013
Tags: Baltimore, camera, fine, lawyer, legal news, maryland, maryland transportation article, red light, violation
Comments: 2

A non-practicing lawyer successfully challenged a $75 red-light camera fine in Baltimore because the citation failed to include the registration number of his vehicle as required by law.

Lawyer spends her last week of vacation with Rule of Law in Jordan 

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: February 3, 2013
Tags: Calvert County, Isabel Cumming, Jordan, Law, lawyer, legal news, rule of law

Isabel Cumming traded her quiet horse farm in the far reaches of Calvert County for the stringent security checks and sand-colored buildings of Amman, Jordan.

Supreme Court to weigh petition by jailed ex-lawyer

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 24, 2013
Tags: 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, lawyer, legal news, Supreme Court

JACKSON, Miss. — The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled a Feb. 15 conference to decide if it will hear an appeal from imprisoned former attorney Paul Minor. Minor has asked the nation’s high court to overturn his sentence in a Mississippi judicial corruption case. Court officials say a decision could be announced shortly after the [...]

Measure would expand right to attorneys’ fees 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: January 16, 2013
Tags: access to justice commission, attorney's fees, Law, lawyer, legal news, maryland

Plaintiffs who successfully sue under the Maryland Constitution or state law to force a defendant to change its ways would be entitled to attorneys’ fees under legislation backed by the state judiciary.

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