Maryland’s top court has disbarred a Baltimore attorney for failing to disclose on his bar application a trial court found he acted in bad faith during a civil case in a prior career as an investigative reporter. The Court of ...

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The state’s highest court has suspended a Calvert County attorney for 30 days for taking steps in a case that were not authorized by the client while representing a limited liability company of which he was a member. The Maryland ...

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Maryland’s top court disbarred Friday a veteran Baltimore attorney for violating about 10 of the Lawyers Rules of Professional Conduct, including mishandling client funds, taking money from his trust account that was not earned and submitting false evidence to bar ...

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A Virginia attorney suing the Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission for defamation says her lawsuit should not be dismissed under sovereign immunity because the commission acted with “malice.” “With the facts before us, the Defendants continually exhibited malice and ill will ...

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The court has indefinitely suspended an Anne Arundel County solo practitioner, who is also a former Maryland state senator, for failing to file and pay his federal and state income taxes.

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The number of sanctioned Maryland attorneys in the last fiscal year surpassed the 10-year average for all sanctions, according to the Attorney Grievance Commission’s latest annual report. The total number of sanctioned attorneys increased from 78 to 93 in the ...

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The Attorney Grievance Commission cannot be sued for defamation because it has sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General has argued in papers filed in federal court. The attorney general’s office was responding Thursday to ...

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An attorney who once claimed he did not respond to Attorney Grievance Commission requests for information because he had an “irrational fear of Bar Counsel” has had his fears realized after the Court of Appeals said it disbarred him for ...

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The state’s highest court said it disbarred a Bel Air solo practitioner and former partner at two large Maryland law firms just hours after hearing oral arguments last month because of her “apathy” toward disciplinary proceedings and “dishonest conduct.” L. ...

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A federal judge has ruled that a Severna Park attorney’s disciplinary matter should be heard by the state court, even though the attorney wanted the case moved to federal court earlier this month. U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis last ...

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