The Court of Appeals ordered a public reprimand as reciprocal discipline for an attorney who delayed filing a client’s federal estate tax return for months after he knew it was required.

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Maryland’s top court went to extraordinary lengths — a 130-page opinion — in disbarring a 34-year veteran attorney veteran for what it called his “copious” intentional misrepresentations to federal and state judges, litigants and witnesses in 22 civil cases over a seven-year period.

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A divided Court of Appeals indefinitely suspended a longtime personal-injury lawyer who misled his client for five years about the status of her medical malpractice claim.

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The Court of Appeals ordered sanctions by consent in six attorney-discipline cases in January, including one against a Pikesville attorney who said he disclosed information without realizing it would lead to a client’s 2011 murder.

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The Maryland Court of Appeals said Lance Butler III “stuck his head in the sand” while Bar Counsel attempted to contact him over the course of about a year.

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Kevin Trent Olszewski will have the right to reapply to the bar after six months.

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The Court of Appeals disbarred an attorney who received a six-month suspension from the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board, in part because he did not reveal the Virginia sanction to the Attorney Grievance Commission.

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Maryland’s top court explained why it immediately disbarred a Harford County lawyer who failed to file state and federal income tax returns for eight years and used an attorney trust account in an attempt to conceal money from the IRS.

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Former lawyer Michael C. Hodes' mishandling of some $270,000 a deceased client left in his care "demonstrated a lack of the fundamental qualities of a lawyer," Maryland's top court has held in explaining Hodes' disbarment.

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The Court of Appeals has explained why it immediately disbarred a Chevy Chase lawyer who misappropriated client funds and deceived the Attorney Grievance Commission.

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