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…
Practicing law is an “A- minus” stress profession. It’s not stressful like being a correctional officer or a soldier or Marine, or an air traffic controller or a bomb squad agent. But within the second…
Clio (www.goclio.com) has been my practice management tool for about 3 years or so. One of my gripes about Clio for a long time was its escrow ledgers, which until recently militantly included every zero…
In my last post, I dragged out the negative side of pro bono work. I think it needed to be said. But the “stink” side of pro bono work is only part of the story.…
A valued friend is about to take on a major pro bono leadership role in Baltimore City, and it’s my hope that she will continue to speak to me after I note that a) pro…
Management-side employment attorney Laura Rubenstein, Esquire of Maryland regional firm Offit Kurman alerted me (and her other Twitter followers) to the Employer Handbook Blog from attorney Eric Meyer, Esquire, of Dilworth Paxson of Philadelphia. Very sharp…
A fellow Loyola Blakefield Don, Craig Roswell, Esquire, of Niles, Barton & Wilmer, has been named Managing Partner of that prominent Baltimore insurance defense firm. Craig’s brother and I had essentially every class in high…
And for the record, I am not that attorney. I found an attorney within 30 miles of my office of whom I can determine the following facts. 1) He was sworn in in 2006 in…
The following is just opinion, not an attempt at “news”. You can find other crimes here but not the crime of “journalism.” “Attorney” is the only title, form of address or honorific we need. There…
Maryland Declaration of Rights, Article 6: “That all persons invested with the Legislative or Executive powers of Government are the Trustees of the Public, and, as such, accountable for their conduct: Wherefore, whenever the ends…
In Martens Chevrolet v. Seney, 292 Md. 328 (1982), the Court of Appeals affirmed the existence of a tort of negligent misrepresentation in Maryland separate from the tort of fraud The Court interpreted the record in the…
I have gotten 8 good years out of the new car my children’s mother and I bought in January 2005 and, the occasional cashectomy for tires and rotors aside, it runs very well with 151K…