· 3/27/1991
ATTORNEY GRIEV. COMM'N OF MARYLAND OF MARYLAND v. Owrutsky
Citations
- 587 A.2d 511
- 322 Md. 334
- 1991 Md. LEXIS 66
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- handling of client funds as attorney in fact and misconduct during service as personal representative and trustee
- suspending attorney for three years for mishandling client funds as attorney in fact and misconduct during service as personal representative
- suspending attorney for three years for mishandling client funds as attorney in fact and misconduct during service as personal representative
- stating that an attorney has no right to estate funds, “either as a commission or as an attorney’s fee, unless and until an approval pursuant to § 7-601 or § 7-602 of the Estates and Trusts Article, Maryland Code (1974, 1990 Cum.Supp.
- stating that an attorney has no right to estate funds, “either as a commission or as an attorney’s fee, unless and until an approval pursuant to § 7-601 or § 7-602 of the Estates and Trusts Article, Maryland Code (1974, 1990 Cum.Supp.) has been obtained from the Orphans’ Court”
- attorney engaged in misconduct when he withdrew funds as trustee from testamentary trust, because the loan was improper even though there was a clause allowing trustees to make investments
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Judges: Adkins, Charles, Cole, Eldridge, McAULIFFE, Murphy, Orth, Rodowsky
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