MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Professional Responsibility, Disbarment: Disbarment was the appropriate sanction for an attorney who failed to keep his client reasonably informed of her case, retained more than twice his agreed-upon fee, failed to deposit unearned fees in his trust account, failed to remit a settlement payment to the client and did not respond [...]
MAKE A JUDGMENT COUNT – Count Your Years
Waiting Over 12 Years To Assert Your Rights It’s hard to believe that someone would wait 13 1/2 years to assert their claim to enforce a money judgment. Yet that’s exactly what occurred in a recent case defended by our office. A judgment is the best remedy that a party can obtain in a court [...]
RECENT MARYLAND DECISIONS – March, 2012
MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Constitutional Law, Right to counsel in post-conviction proceedings: Criminal defendant had no right to counsel in post-conviction collateral proceedings, and therefore circuit court did not abuse its discretion in allowing defendant to discharge counsel and continue pro se. Grandison v. State, No. 117, Sept. Term, 2010. RecordFax No. 12-0222-20, 48 pages. [...]
Statutes Of Limitations – Why They Matter
“Where did the time go?” We ask this question all the time, whether we have a deadline approaching quickly, or we are enjoying a few more hours on the beach during the last day of a vacation. We often find ourselves thinking we have more time, until we don’t. When talking about Statutes of Limitations, [...]
Recent Court Decisions
COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS Real Property, Condominium Act: Under the Condominium Act, the purchaser of a condominium in a foreclosure sale holds legal title to the property as of the date of the sale, thus rendering her liable for condominium assessments and fees dating from that point. Campbell v. Council of Unit Owners of Bayside [...]
