Attorney Grievance Commission v. Tayback

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• holding that the lawyer’s failure to file tax returns and pay taxes over three years constituted conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice
• noting that the willful failure to file tax returns erodes confidence in the legal profession
• noting that the willful failure to file tax returns erodes confidence in the legal profession
• imposing suspension with right to reapply after 60 days for willful failure to timely file and timely pay federal and state income tax returns
• imposing suspension with right to reapply after 60 days for willful failure to timely file and timely pay federal and state income tax returns
• observing that the Comment to MLRPC 8.4 begins “Many kinds of illegal conduct reflect adversely on fitness to practice law, such as offenses involving fraud and the offense of willful failure to file an income tax return.” Id. at 588, 837 A.2d at 164.

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