Michael C. Hodes allegedly took more than $270,000 from a deceased client’s trust account for his personal use when he was supposed to establish a charity with it, according to a petition filed by the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland.

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A Prince George’s County lawyer has been indefinitely suspended for the second time in three months.

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Two attorneys were sanctioned last week by the Court of Appeals — one by consent, the other after his license to practice in Virginia was revoked.

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Maryland’s top court last week unanimously disbarred two lawyers who missed filing deadlines, failed to respond to discovery requests, dipped into a trust account or sent an unreasonably high bill in retaliation against a client who had filed a complaint ...

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The state’s top court has disbarred a Virginia lawyer also admitted to practice in Maryland after he allowed a woman to forge her terminally ill mother’s signature on estate documents. In a Friday opinion, the Court of Appeals disbarred John ...

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More than a year after the last defendant in a bid-rigging scheme admitted to his part in the multimillion-dollar conspiracy, Baltimore’s spending panel has been asked to debar him and his daughter to prevent them from participating in May’s tax-sale ...

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The relationship between Maryland lawyers and their clients apparently has soured in the past 18 months. Lawyers allegedly have been communicating less with their clients, dipping into client escrow funds more and engaging in more dishonesty, according to a report ...

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