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Montgomery County lawyer indefinitely suspended
Maryland’s top court has suspended indefinitely an attorney who botched his client’s asylum application and misappropriated client fees. Jagjot Khandpur’s suspension is effective 30 days from the Court of Appeals’ […]
Top 5: ‘The voyage is over’
One lawyer was sanctioned by a federal judge and another was disbarred by the Court of Appeals, which also held an accounting error was worth $73 million to the state […]
Lawyer’s side practice leads to disbarment
Maryland’s top court decided Monday to disbar an attorney who kept a side practice without his employer’s permission and deposited client checks into his personal account instead of a trust […]
Sanctions issued by Court of Appeals in uncontested disciplinary matters
The Court of Appeals has issued the following sanctions in uncontested attorney discipline cases: –Attorney Grievance Commission v. Steven Marc Assaraf, AG No. 92 (Sept. Term, 2010). Filed June 13 […]
News of Baltimore lawyer’s arrest could spur AGC probe
A Baltimore County-based lawyer/magician who was arrested in an Internet sting operation in Florida on Monday has no history of disciplinary problems, according to the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland. […]
Opinions: Maryland Court of Appeals: 5/23/11
Professional Responsibility Disbarment BOTTOM LINE: Disbarment was the appropriate sanction for an attorney who assisted the children of an incompetent person in the execution and recording of forged and fraudulent […]
Law digest: 5/23/11
MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Professional Responsibility, Disbarment: Disbarment was the appropriate sanction for an attorney who assisted the children of an incompetent person in the execution and recording of forged […]
Court of Appeals disbars Baltimore solo practitioner
Maryland’s top court has unanimously disbarred a Baltimore plaintiffs’ attorney who settled a car-crash lawsuit without his client’s knowledge or consent and who failed to pay nearly $30,000 owed to […]
Week in review: 5/6/11
Towson U. eyes Commons space Administrators at Towson University has been talking with the owner of the nearly vacant Towson Commons about leasing space to use for classrooms and academic offices. […]
Md. disbars estate-planning lawyer over forgeries
The state’s top court has disbarred a Virginia lawyer also admitted to practice in Maryland after he allowed a woman to forge her terminally ill mother’s signature on estate documents. […]
Lack of candor draws a disbarment in Md., suspension in Colorado
The Court of Appeals has disbarred a lawyer following his suspension in Colorado for failing to disclose information during his own bankruptcy proceeding and giving false testimony during that case. […]
Opinions – Maryland Court of Appeals: 4/11/11
Administrative Law Expungement of driving record BOTTOM LINE: Petitioner was not entitled to expungement of his drunken driving convictions, since records of his convictions were not part of his public […]
