A unanimous Maryland high court Friday disbarred retired Harford County State’s Attorney Joseph I. Cassilly for having withheld a potentially exculpatory report from the defense in a decades-old murder case and for misleading a judge about the study’s existence. The ...
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An animal rights group is seeking more than $1.4 million in attorney’s fees and costs for its successful litigation and defense of a federal judge’s order that a lion and two tigers be removed from a Cumberland zoo where four ...
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Judges who speak at police training sessions must stick to discussing the law and legal process and avoid topics related to testifying in court or the merits of police reform, the Maryland Judicial Ethics Committee stated this week. Providing information ...
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October 7, 2021
Comments Off on Electronic filing begins Oct. 25 for Montgomery County courts
Montgomery County lawyers will begin filing their cases and appeals electronically beginning Oct. 25, the Maryland Judiciary stated this month. The county’s long-delayed launch of the Maryland Electronic Courts system will make Prince George’s County and the City of Baltimore ...
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September 23, 2021
Comments Off on Maryland’s top court, six others seek judicial applicants
Maryland’s highest court is one of seven appellate and trial tribunals in the state that began advertising this week for new judges to fill existing or coming vacancies. The seven-member Court of Appeals said it is looking to fill the ...
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September 9, 2021
Comments Off on Ex-prosecutor Cassilly defends himself against ethics charges
Facing potential disbarment, retired Harford County State’s Attorney Joseph I. Cassilly defended himself Thursday before Maryland’s top court against Attorney Grievance Commission allegations that he withheld a potentially exculpatory report from the defense in a decades-old murder case and for ...
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The coronavirus pandemic has profoundly affected the state’s legal profession, but the impact has been uneven, a statewide survey of Maryland attorneys found.
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August 27, 2021
Comments Off on Maryland high court dismisses ethics charges against immigration lawyer
Maryland’s high court dismissed disciplinary charges against an Upper Marlboro immigration lawyer, ruling the state’s Attorney’s Rules of Professional Conduct did not apply to his alleged unethical conduct.
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August 26, 2021
Comments Off on Maryland high court defers to legislature, rejects rule to reduce youthful offenders’ sentences
Maryland’s top court rejected a proposal to give circuit court judges discretion to reduce the life sentences of convicts who committed their crimes before age 25 and who have served at least 24 years in prison.
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August 26, 2021
Comments Off on Lawyers allied with Trump penalized over Michigan lawsuit
DETROIT — Nine lawyers allied with former President Donald Trump face financial penalties and other sanctions after a judge Wednesday said they had abused the court system with a lawsuit that challenged Michigan’s election results in favor of Joe Biden. ...
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