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Maryland’s 320 judges will receive a $10,000 salary increase for each of the next four years beginning July 1.

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Judges may write letters of recommendation for lawyers who appear before them provided the attorneys are more than an acquaintance and the judges do not give the appearance of pressing the power of their office to the letters’ recipients, the ...

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The Park School in Pikesville defeated Cumberland’s Allegany High School on Monday to win the 2022 Maryland mock trial championship and earn the right to defend its national title later this year. Park also won last year’s state championship by ...

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A unanimous Maryland high court this month disbarred an attorney who violated the “fundamental obligation to safeguard client funds.”

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Maryland’s top court has disbarred a Bethesda attorney for cheating not his clients but the law firm he co-founded out of nearly $15,000 by padding his expense reports during a seven-year period. Keith M. Bonner engaged in “knowing and intentional ...

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An attorney’s intentional dishonesty to a court, client or bar counsel no longer results necessarily in the loss of a law license, Maryland’s top court ruled.

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Paul B. DeWolfe, whose name will be forever linked to the right of Maryland defendants to have counsel at initial bail hearings, will step down on June 30 after more than 12 years as the state’s chief public defender. DeWolfe, ...

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The fast-growing law firm Offit Kurman announced Tuesday that Aaron Bukowitz will take over as chief executive officer, marking the first time that a nonlawyer has held the role. Bukowitz has been promoted from chief operating officer, the firm announced, ...

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Maryland’s top court Monday unanimously dismissed bar counsel’s allegation that a District of Columbia attorney had engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in the state, saying the lawyer had in fact followed the Office of Bar Counsel’s instructions to ...

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Judges may not attend the campaign events of their office-seeking spouses, the Maryland Judicial Ethics Committee stated in a published opinion.

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