Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh’s announcement last fall that he would not seek reelection sent shockwaves through political circles and launched widespread speculation about who would seek to replace him as the state’s chief legal officer. Only one candidate, ...

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The Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) on Dec. 7 elected David Shapiro, current secretary of the MSBA, to president-elect of the statewide bar association.

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The coronavirus pandemic has profoundly affected the state’s legal profession, but the impact has been uneven, a statewide survey of Maryland attorneys found.

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Since her first job as a lawyer in 1974, Baltimore city attorney M. Natalie McSherry has been involved in the Maryland State Bar Association. Now, as MSBA president, McSherry will help usher in the association’s 125th year while guiding the ...

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Maryland lawyers should be given priority for receiving COVID-19 vaccinations as courthouses are set to reopen next month and jury trials are scheduled to resume in April, the state’s bar association writes in a letter being circulated among local attorney ...

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This is the latest installment of The Daily Record’s Maryland Lawyers Survey, a confidential survey of private attorneys in the state sponsored by the Maryland State Bar Association that explores their views on the economic factors influencing attorneys’ practices. If you’d ...

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In a survey of Maryland attorneys conducted from Feb. 21 to March 6, 52% of respondents agreed the economy was strong overall. How quickly things have changed.

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The MSBA has promoted Anna Sholl to Deputy Executive Director of the Maryland State Bar Association, as announced by Executive Director Victor Velazquez last Thursday.

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The Maryland State Bar Association has moved most of its headquarters to a shared working space in Canton in order save costs and avoid a $3 million deferred maintenance liability as part of its contract for the old space owned by the University of Maryland.

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OCEAN CITY — The rapidly changing landscape of marijuana decriminalization has caused “mass confusion” and legal issues in Maryland workplaces, requiring employers and employees to be aware of ongoing developments, lawyers said Friday at a panel discussion at the Maryland ...

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