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MD Judiciary to launch new Case Search site
The Maryland Judiciary plans to launch its new case search and record portal on March 14, the court system announced.
Maryland lawyers and student loan debt
According to the American Bar Association, the average law school graduate owes approximately $160,000 in educational loan debt after graduation. In Maryland, the starting median salary for first-year lawyers is […]
Complaints up, disbarments down, Md. attorney grievance panel finds
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.
Making friends with other attorneys
When I first started practicing, an older lawyer once told me that I could never be friends with lawyers. He said that I could be friendly and I should be […]
For top #MeToo legal duo, a pandemic year brings no pause
The COVID pandemic did not slow down the work of civil rights attorneys Debra Katz and Lisa Banks, who specialize in sexual harassment cases in the #MeToo era.
Online mediation here to stay, say Maryland lawyers, mediators
Like other legal issues, personal injury cases have been upended during the pandemic, forcing many cases to be delayed and those that went forward to be done online.
Off the Record with Sloane Brown: Billy Murphy; Murphy, Falcon & Murphy
William “Billy” H. Murphy, Jr., senior partner at the Baltimore-based law firm Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, joins Sloane Brown to talk about how his family history shaped him as a person, as an attorney and a former judge, and as a prominent civil rights advocate.
For attorneys, addiction can be a silent battle with dire professional consequences
It’s unclear how many Maryland attorneys who have been disbarred over the years had underlying addiction issues because many never disclose it to the Attorney Grievance Commission or to the court.
Taking on the system: ‘Dreamers’ are getting law degrees
The first beneficiaries of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program have now had just enough time to graduate from high school, get a bachelor's degree and now, in some cases, a law degree.
The poetry of the law
In honor of National Poetry Month, which is April, I offer you not poetry about law or by lawyers, but observations about the relationship between poetry and law. Some of the quotations are poetic in their own right.
More lawyers making lateral moves to new firms
Attorneys’ desire to serve their clients and build their books of business often leads them to look for opportunities outside their law firms. But while such a job move was usually sweetened with a promotion in years’ past, more lawyers are making a move without necessarily climbing up the corporate ladder.
US House passes changes to ADA over activists’ objections
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation that would amend the Americans with Disabilities Act over objections from disability rights advocates and Democratic leaders, who warned that the […]
