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Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will remain free while he appeals his corruption convictions, a federal court ruled Monday.
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Virginia bar suspends law license of convicted ex-governor
The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board has suspended former Gov. Bob McDonnell's license to practice law, citing his felony public corruption convictions.
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Read More »One attorney disbarred, one suspended in separate joint petitions 
December 17, 2013
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The state’s top court has sanctioned two attorneys by consent this month.
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Read More »Gulf War veteran draws indefinite suspension
November 25, 2013
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An Abingdon-based lawyer is being indefinitely suspended for ignoring client calls and emails, failing to file essential court documents and helping a disbarred attorney practice law.
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Read More »Attorney disbarred 3 years after disciplinary hearing
September 29, 2013
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Nearly three years after the hearing in her disciplinary case, Maryland’s top court last week unanimously ordered the disbarment of an attorney for her extreme lack of diligence.
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Read More »Pr. George’s lawyer disbarred immediately
September 5, 2013
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An attorney who lied about the status of a complaint, failed to keep clients informed and did not promptly return unearned fees was immediately disbarred one day after oral arguments in her case.
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Read More »Lawyer disbarred, another suspended after lengthy waits
August 19, 2013
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Maryland’s top court took a dim view Monday of attorneys who not only evade taxes but help others do so as well and who dip into their client fund, disbarring one tax-averse attorney and indefinitely suspending another for at least six months.
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Read More »Attorney disbarred following affair with client
July 10, 2013
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Maryland’s top court Wednesday disbarred an attorney, by a vote of 5-2, for having an intimate relationship with her client in a divorce and child custody proceeding, having a financial interest in his child-support obligation, communicating directly with the opposing party and lying to bar counsel.
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Read More »Lawyer suspended over connection with loan-modification firm
January 31, 2013
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A longtime Bethesda lawyer with an otherwise unblemished disciplinary record has been suspended indefinitely for misrepresenting to clients that he could help them avoid foreclosure, while he was actually delegating the bulk of the work to a loan-modification business with which he had a consulting agreement.
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Read More »Gitomer consents to his disbarment
August 8, 2012
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Longtime appellate advocate Mark L. Gitomer has consented to disbarment amid “multiple” complaints of ethical lapses filed with the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, according to court documents.
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