Maryland’s top court Friday accepted prominent medical malpractice attorney Stephen L. Snyder’s agreement to take on no new clients and to the temporary suspension of his law license beginning March 31 as he faces a federal charge of attempted extortion ...
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When Baltimore City District Court Judge Mark F. Scurti became president of the Maryland State Bar Association in June, the legal climate was changing dramatically. The coronavirus pandemic had created a whole new set of challenges for the MSBA, which ...
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Facing a federal attempted extortion charge and related allegations of ethical misconduct, prominent medical malpractice attorney Stephen L. Snyder has agreed with the Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission to take on no new clients and to the temporary suspension of his ...
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Then-Harford County State’s Attorney Joseph I. Cassilly withheld a potentially exculpatory report from defense counsel in a long-running first-degree murder case and then misled the post-conviction court about its existence, Maryland’s bar counsel has alleged in a disciplinary petition filed ...
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Did a well-known malpractice lawyer commit a potentially disbarrable offense in seeking – perhaps with the threat of a damaging public disclosure – a $25 million consulting gig with the University of Maryland Medical System while representing a woman whose ...
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RICHMOND, VA — A Virginia Beach lawyer faces state bar charges that he tried to entice a jailed client to join him and his girlfriend in a three-way sexual liaison. The action comes as the Virginia State Bar considers recommending ...
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A unanimous Maryland high court has disbarred a young attorney who essentially compelled his immigrant client to plead guilty to a drug trafficking offense without investigating her credible defense of duress, considering the immigration consequences of her plea or filing ...
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Maryland bar applicants will have the option this fall of taking an abbreviated, COVID-19-compelled online bar exam in October – and becoming licensed attorneys following passage – or serving as temporary legal practitioners under the watchful eyes of supervising attorneys ...
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Stuart “Stu” Simms, a former Baltimore City State’s Attorney and longtime advocate for the indigent, was named chief counsel of Maryland Legal Aid on Monday – the free legal services firm where he began his career 47 years ago. “I ...
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Maryland Legal Aid’s employees’ union is urging the National Labor Relations Board to order four fired supervisory attorneys to be reinstated, saying they were illegally terminated for having raised concerns about MLA’s back-to-the-office order amid the pandemic. MLA’s senior leadership ...
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