Maryland’s top court has reprimanded an attorney who copied opposing counsel’s signature from a document she had revised, then pasted it on his original version and filed it without her permission. Dana Andrew Paul had a poor working relationship with ...

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The seven judges on Maryland’s top court were ready to hear Timothy S. Gordon explain to them why he should not be disbarred for misuse of escrow funds. But in an unusual move, Gordon announced to the Court of Appeals ...

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A lawyer who deposited his retainer into an operating account was not being intentionally dishonest, the Court of Appeals held. Attorney Joseph Tauber said he was unaware he needed a client trust account because he had never received funds “up ...

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The state’s top court has disbarred a Baltimore lawyer for altering client files to make them less attractive to the firm he was working for so he could pick up the clients when he opened his own solo practice. In ...

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Lawyers at Shapiro & Burson LLP repeatedly lied by signing each other’s names to foreclosure affidavits, but their actions did not alter the rights of the lender or the homeowners, a Baltimore County judge has ruled. Circuit Court Judge Susan ...

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A disbarred Maryland lawyer is fighting to get her license back, and a Baltimore City judge “axed” a lawsuit filed by an entrepreneur who sought to halt tree clearing for the Baltimore Grand Prix. Those stories and more in this ...

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Calling the Attorney Grievance Commission unjust, a disbarred Maryland lawyer said she will pursue, to the Supreme Court if necessary, her bid to get her license back and collect damages from the assistant bar counsel she alleges lied at each ...

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After years of others trying to get Lester A.D. Adams removed from the Maryland bar, the state’s top court has disbarred the Greenbelt lawyer. Shortly after Adams was reinstated to the bar in April 2007 — he had been indefinitely ...

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Maryland’s top court has suspended indefinitely an attorney who botched his client’s asylum application and misappropriated client fees. Jagjot Khandpur’s suspension is effective 30 days from the Court of Appeals’ July 18 filing. He may reapply for admission 60 days ...

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Maryland’s top court decided Monday to disbar an attorney who kept a side practice without his employer’s permission and deposited client checks into his personal account instead of a trust account. Michael R. Carithers Jr. also used letterhead, billing statements ...

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