by Stewart Sutton | Jul 30, 2018 | Legal Malpractice
1. If you are not able to schedule an initial meeting with a potential attorney within a week, it probably means that the attorney is too busy to take your case. 2. In personal injury cases, an attorney’s contingency fee percentage is always negotiable. While it...
by Stewart Sutton | Jan 24, 2018 | Attorney Grievance Commission, Legal Malpractice
Each year, the Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission issues an annual report on its activities. Here are some of the highlights from the July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017 annual report: The number of licensed attorneys in Maryland increased slightly from 39,814 to...
by Stewart Sutton | Dec 28, 2017 | Legal Malpractice
In his letter published in the Washington Post on December 8, 2017, Maryland attorney David S. Goldberg wrote that he has unfettered freedom in who he chooses to represent: “As a lawyer, I can refuse to use my talents to represent anyone for any reason, and I don’t...
by Stewart Sutton | May 4, 2017 | Legal Malpractice
In Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Framm, 449 Md. 620 (2016), the Maryland Court of Appeals disbarred Rhonda I. Frame for excessive billing (among other reasons). Framm was retained by her client to vacate a $55,000 judgment entered in a divorce case. ...
by Stewart Sutton | May 4, 2017 | Legal Malpractice
If you retain a Maryland attorney on an hourly basis and the attorney does not submit invoices to you on a regular basis, there is a good chance that your attorney is attempting to conceal from you his or her excessive billing. At the very least, you are being...
by Stewart Sutton | Mar 15, 2017 | Legal Malpractice
In Maryland, there is a 3-year statute of limitations to sue for breach of contract. See Courts & Judicial Article 5-101. Many law firms in Maryland extend the time to sue their clients for legal fees to 12-years by having the client sign their Retainer...
