The number of complaints filed against Maryland lawyers dropped for a second consecutive year and again hit a 10-year low in fiscal 2019, which ended June 30, the Attorney Grievance Commission stated in its recently released annual report. However, the ...
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Miles & Stockbridge has hired José Bahamonde-González to serve as the firm’s chief diversity, inclusion and professional development officer.
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Today, lawyers who are increasingly social media-savvy are turning to Facebook to refer prospective clients, ask questions and discuss legal matters. Towson family law attorney Stuart Axilbund has helped to cultivate the “Maryland Lawyers” Facebook group, which now has just ...
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Facing a 10-day suspension for bringing a bottle of pepper spray to school that accidentally went off in a locker room last year, ninth-grade student Jewel Agu and her mom Terryce Elliott were worried Agu might have to miss more class than the week she was already suspended, or be forced to leave Dundalk High School altogether, which they felt was an unfair punishment.
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The law is no joking matter. But comedians may have a few lessons that lawyers can learn.
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The Circuit Court for Baltimore County recently held that the portion of a sale of three senior living facilities relating to the business’ goodwill was subject to recordation and transfer taxes. In the Matter of Shelter Senior Living IV, L.L.C. ...
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When local attorney Steven Klepper attended a conference for appellate lawyers in Chicago recently, he was surprised when Don Willett, now a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, recognized him and called out across ...
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Todd R. Chason has been elected as Gordon Feinblatt LLC’s new managing member, or chief operating officer, and general counsel. Chason, who previously served as the firm’s assistant managing member and finance committee chair, has been with the firm 17 years since he graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2001.
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Baltimore attorney and University System of Maryland Regent Katrina J. Dennis died Saturday after a years-long battle with breast cancer. Dennis’ death came one week into a medical malpractice trial accusing her doctor of negligence. Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Colleen ...
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Read More »When the St. Louis-based Stange Law Firm hired attorney Chelsea Merta several years ago, neither party knew it would end like this: in a multi-venue dispute that has landed Merta in jail and caused Stange to halt its practice of ...
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