Attorney Grievance Commission v. Ugwuonye

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the respondent violated MRPC 1.1 by failing to decline a case that had no merit
• holding that even if a fee was eventually earned such does not excuse an initial failure to deposit the fees into attorney trust account when they were received and unearned
• imposing a 90-day suspension for violations of MRPC 1.4 and 1.16, in addition to many other violations across two different clients’ cases
• finding a violation of MARPC 19-301.1, 19-301.3, 19-301.4, 19-301.5, 19-301.15, 19-301.16(d), and 19-308.4(d) where the attorney “[took] a meritless case, charg[ed] a fee that grossly outweighed the work accomplished, and [engaged in] the overall lack of communication” with the client
• finding a violation of MARPC 19-301.1, 19-301.3, 19-301.4, 19-301.5, 19-301.15, 19-301.16(d), and 19-308.4(d) where the attorney “[took] a meritless case, charg[ed] a fee that grossly outweighed the work accomplished, and [engaged in] the overall lack of communication” with the client
• “Failure to present argument in support of an exception is a sufficient basis on which to overrule the exception or, at least, not consider it.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).