Maryland Bar Counsel Lydia E. Lawless will step down as the state’s chief investigator and administrative prosecutor of attorney misconduct.

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Federally indicted medical malpractice lawyer Stephen L. Snyder has been reinstated to the Maryland bar.

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The number of ethics complaints against Maryland attorneys rose in fiscal year 2022 but the number of disbarments dropped, the state's Attorney Grievance Commission says.

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Maryland’s top court has indefinitely suspended a Silver Spring immigration lawyer.

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A Maryland lawyer's second chance to present mitigating factors at a disciplinary hearing did not save his law license.

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Maryland’s top court disbarred a Baltimore lawyer who violated a dozen rules of professional conduct by ignoring and neglecting clients, mishandling client money and misrepresenting his actions to multiple courts, according to an opinion filed late last week. The lawyer, ...

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Maryland's Court of Appeals disbarred a D.C. lawyer who continued representing a client in a custody case after she had been suspended from practicing law in Maryland.

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The Maryland Judiciary's rules committee will revisit a recent change to discovery rules after the revision became a key issue in a pending attorney grievance proceeding.

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A disagreement over whether Maryland Bar Counsel must turn over written discovery in ethics cases has paused the proceedings against a candidate for Montgomery County judge who stands accused of making false statements.

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A Maryland lawyer who invoked the Fifth Amendment during a bar counsel investigation into ethical violations will get the chance to present mitigating factors to a judge following a new ruling from Maryland’s highest court. The lawyer, Edward A. Malone, ...

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