October 22, 2015
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Baltimore County prosecutors have alleged disbarred attorney Michael C. Hodes violated probation in his two criminal cases by failing to resign as a trustee of an estate. A term of Hodes’ plea agreement prohibited him from serving as a fiduciary ...
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Baltimore County prosecutors have charged Michael C. Hodes with multiple counts of theft as well as perjury for allegedly taking some $270,000 from a deceased client's trust fund, actions that also led to his disbarment last year.
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February 13, 2015
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Michael C. Hodes, who was disbarred last year for allegedly taking some $270,000 from a deceased client’s trust fund, now faces charges of stealing more than $100,000 from his sister.
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December 23, 2014
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Former lawyer Michael C. Hodes' mishandling of some $270,000 a deceased client left in his care "demonstrated a lack of the fundamental qualities of a lawyer," Maryland's top court has held in explaining Hodes' disbarment.
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October 18, 2014
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At a disciplinary hearing earlier this month for Michael C. Hodes, his lawyer told the Court of Appeals that Hodes viewed the money he took from a client’s trust as a loan that he planned to repay. As proof of Hodes’ financial health, the lawyer noted that Hodes obtained a six-figure bank loan shortly after leaving what was then known as Hodes, Pessin & Katz P.A. in Towson.
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October 7, 2014
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A lawyer for Michael C. Hodes told the state's top court Tuesday his client always planned to repay the more than $270,000 he claims he took as a loan from the estate of a deceased client.
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April 24, 2014
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Attorney Michael C. Hodes misused trust money, created a conflict of interest, misled investigators and engaged in conduct that “can only be described as dishonest and fraudulent,” a Baltimore County Circuit Court judge concluded in the disciplinary case against him.
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March 10, 2014
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Attorney Michael C. Hodes said he could have billed three or four times the amount he did to a deceased client he is accused of taking money from.
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March 6, 2014
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The evidentiary hearing for attorney Michael C. Hodes will resume Monday in Baltimore County Circuit Court.
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March 5, 2014
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His secretary just didn’t think it sounded right. Her boss, Michael C. Hodes, had asked her to prepare a promissory note showing he had borrowed $270,000 from a deceased client’s charitable foundation.
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