Maryland’s high court on Tuesday explained its April decision to disbar a solo practitioner for a pattern of mismanaging client funds, failing to appear in court on behalf of clients and failing to respond to requests from bar counsel. Garland ...

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The state’s highest court disbarred a Baltimore County debt collection attorney Wednesday for mishandling client funds and failing to diligently represent client interests. The Court of Appeals disbarred Stuart R. Blatt for violating the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct by ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 54th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Britain can change its mind about exiting, E.U. high court says. — ...

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Disbarment can be devastating but it should not be a death sentence.

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The disciplinary woes of a Pikesville family of attorneys grew this week as Maryland’s top court made it less likely that one brother will ever get his law license back, due to misrepresentations to bar counsel, and suspended another for 90 days for failing to safeguard client funds.

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Maryland’s top court has disbarred a Columbia solo practitioner who repeatedly harmed the same client by failing the “basic” duty of serving notice on the two motorists who allegedly struck her vehicle in separate incidents – and then not telling her, even after both claims had been dismissed.

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The Maryland Court of Appeals disbarred an attorney earlier this month because her past criminal conviction made her unfit to keep her license.

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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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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 Maryland appellate court has affirmed a more than $820,000 judgment against a former Chevy Chase lawyer for having used a hidden camera to spy on tenants. Dennis Van Dusen was arrested in 2012 after one of his tenants discovered a camera hidden ...

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