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Law Office Update
1) Â The Law Office has a new mentee through the Maryland Court of Appeals Professional Program. Â At some point soon there may be a post about the new attorney matched to this practice. 2) Â While it’s premature to announce this formally, the Law Office has received preliminary good news about an opportunity to contribute on
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[Self-congratulatory paragraph implying that attorney is aggressive, caring, ‘the best’ (in defiance of common sense, ethical principles and rules) and is super-competent after 3 years of practice.] [Non-news event involving petty drug bust in [Town], posted not for news value but for SEO gimmickry.] [“If you get a [random town] [charge for which town is
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Mr. Boh Issues Press Release Denying Chechen Heritage
Baltimore, April 20, 2013: Â Mr. Boh, the icon of long-time Baltimore hometown brew National Bohemian, confirmed in a public statement that he is of Czech, not Chechen, cultural heritage. “My ancestors came from west of Prague in Bohemia, in what is now the Czech Republic. Â I have no connection to Chechen culture or Chechnya, though
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Liquor License Liability for Car Crashes in Maryland
Baltimore Sun, March 11, 2013: “If you’re going to load up somebody with liquor, at least be responsible so they don’t get behind the wheel,” said the Rev. William Warr of Urbana , the child’s disabled grandfather who, with his wife, Angela, were raising Jazimen and her sister Cortavia Harris. Cortavia suffered a broken hip in the
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Good alternatives to drunk driving on or about St. Patrick’s Day.
Every day is a good day not to drive drunk or while impaired by alcohol (or by anything else), but the holidays (broadly defined) that for some are an occasion to drink, possibly to excess or in inappropriate connection to driving, are an especially good day to refrain from not driving under the influence. There
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Cultural Competence and Advising Law Clients
If you practice anywhere in the U.S., but especially in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural region such as most of Maryland, it’s important to stay ahead on cultural issues – both to be aware of common cultural patterns AND not to indulge mere stereotypes regarding cultural patterns. Â The key word are “awareness” and “attention.” Sometimes little things
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Field Trip to the Maryland Court of Appeals
On May 1, 2013, I will attend and observe the court proceedings of the Maryland Court of Appeals in Annapolis. Â There are four cases on the docket: Attorney Grievance Commission v. Dean Clayton Kremer, AGC v. Jason Kobin, a family law, protective order and malicious prosecution case Joanna Anthony v. Peter Garrity and Ocean City,
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Lexis-Nexis goes full purple cadillac/pink fur/long cigarette Pimptastic
The second stupidest event of my day was encountering a RiteAid employee in Reisterstown who, seeing my customer loyalty card application, wanted to take it from me, asked me to identify aloud to her precisely what highly personal or less personal items I was in the drug store to buy, and told me that her
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Licensing of Private Process Servers
Maryland Senate Bill 554, sponsored by Senator Brian Frosh (D-Montgomery) – would enact a licensing system for private process servers in Maryland, titled the Maryland Private Process Servers Act. My first thought about this proposal was “Excellent.” My practice and those of my friends have been plagued by unreliable, even fraudulent, process service issues at
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Maryland unemployment fraudsters sentenced to nine years
Montgomery [County MD] Gazette, February 1, 2013: A D.C. man who ran a theft and credit card scam and other fraud schemes from his Rockville business, was sentenced in federal court in Maryland to nine years in prison Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Ellen L Hollander also sentenced Amiee Arora, 32, of Washington, D.C., to pay
