Attorney Grievance Commission v. Cherry-Mahoi

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• concluding that attorney violated Rule 1.5 by “tak[ing] substantially more fees than agreed upon, [and by] failing] to inform her client of her withdrawal of those additional fees”
• stating that MRPC 8.4(d) is violated when an attorney’s conduct “negatively impacts L • • • ] the public’s image or perception of the courts or the legal profession ... ”
• reasoning that because respondent violated “several Rules of Professional Conduct, she necessarily violated Rule 8.4(a) as well, which finds professional misconduct where a lawyer ‘violates or attempts to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct’ ”
• “Because we have held that Respondent has violated several Rules of Professional Conduct, she necessarily violated Rule 8.4(a) as well . . . .”
• “[t]he powers granted to directors-trustees by § 3-515 clearly are intended only for the ‘winding up’ of a corporation’s affairs.”
• attorney violated former Rule 1.15(b), now 1.15(d), by failing pay creditors “the monies they were entitled to receive....” (emphasis added)

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