An alleged victim of childhood lead poisoning in the 1980s can pursue her malpractice claim against the law firm she claims settled with the landlord for too little money nearly 30 years ago and that failed to tell her of the settlement when she and the firm sued the landlord again in 2003, a Maryland appeals court has ruled.

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Two Columbia attorneys who allegedly mishandled their clients’ mortgage loan modification case by telling them that filing for bankruptcy was their “only viable option” to obtain a long-term permanent mortgage on their newly constructed house are facing a legal malpractice ...

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A Montgomery County attorney who advised an illiterate, intellectually disabled young woman on the sale of her structured settlement is now facing a legal malpractice suit alleging he failed to meet with her or counsel her on the potential consequences ...

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A Rockville law firm has agreed to pay $15,000 to settle a former client’s claim of legal malpractice stemming from representation during a condemnation action.

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In an unusual move, the Attorney Grievance Commission is seeking to stop a prominent Baltimore personal injury lawyer from practicing law in Maryland before the state’s top court can decide whether to sanction him in a disciplinary action.

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Forty-three attorneys were suspended in March in one order from the Court of Appeals, but not for any sort of legal malpractice. Instead, they were punished for not providing their Social Security numbers to the Client Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland in violation of a recently adopted Maryland Rule.

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A Pikesville solo practitioner who once was accused of legal malpractice with lethal consequences has been indefinitely suspended from the Federal Bar.

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The family of a 25-year-old woman who died of lung cancer winning in a  Frederick County trial and how one man’s battle against his cooperative association over secondhand smoke might become an issue before the General Assembly are among the ...

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Linda Cartzendafner says her husband died of an infection after nurses at Ruxton SurgiCenter injected him with a needle that became unsterile during failed attempts to place an IV. Cartzendafner filed a lawsuit Nov. 4 in Baltimore City Circuit Court ...

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“Don’t bite off more than you can chew. Know that you don’t know it all. Find other people who you can rely on for advice and perspective.” Keith Lee, Associate’sMind, Becoming a Good Lawyer Requires Failure A Very Important Legal ...

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