by Stewart Sutton | May 30, 2013 | Legal Malpractice
On May 17, 2013, Glenn C. Lewis, once one of Washington’s area most respected divorce lawyers and former President of the Virginia Bar Association, was disbarred for dishonesty and abandoning his clients. Lewis boasted that he was the most expensive lawyer in the...
by Stewart Sutton | May 13, 2013 | Legal Malpractice
In Brault Graham, LLC v. Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., __ Md.App. ___ (2013), the Court of Special Appeals reiterated that a client has the inherent right to discharge his or her personal injury attorney at any time. First Union National Bank of Maryland v....
by Stewart Sutton | May 7, 2013 | Legal Malpractice
Most divorcing parties resolve their differences by entering into Separation and Property Settlement Agreements. Two recent Maryland appellate cases illustrate how an attorney can commit legal malpractice by drafting terms that are unenforceable. In Dapp v....
