Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Harris

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• noting that prior disciplinary history is an aggravating factor in an attorney misconduct matter
• determining that competence under MLRPC 1.1 “necessarily includes, at a minimum, the attorney’s presence at any court proceeding for which he or she was retained, absent an acceptable explanation for that attorney’s absence[.]”
• finding a violation of MLRPC 1.1 where an attorney missed two criminal proceedings without a sufficient explanation
• [citing] Attorney Grievance Comm’n v. Mooney, 359 Md. 56, 74 [753 A.2d 17] (2000)
• attorney violated Rule 1.4 by failing to convey a $1,000 settlement offer made by an insurance company
• An attorney’s failure to appear in court for scheduled proceedings for which he was retained, without an acceptable explanation for the absence, violated MRPC 1.1.

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