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· 8/1/2006

Attorney Grievance Commission v. Obi

Citations

  • 904 A.2d 422
  • 393 Md. 643
  • 2006 Md. LEXIS 473

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that an attorney’s failure to properly maintain and keep records pertaining to his escrow account, commingling his own funds in his attorney trust account and failure to fully cooperate with Bar Counsel’s investigation warranted a suspension for 30 days from the practice of law
  • “[A]n attorney may not avoid responsibility for misuse of his or her trust account, even if such misuse was inadvertent.”
  • This Court suspended from the practice of law for thirty days a lawyer who violated MLRPC 1.15(a) and 8.1(b
  • This Court suspended from the practice of law for thirty days a lawyer who violated MLRPC 1.15(a) and 8.1(b

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Bell, Wilner, Cathell, Harrell, Battaglia, Greene, Eldridge

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