Attorney discipline FY2013: 83 published dispositions of Maryland attorneys, listing the attorney name, action, and date of each entry (as published by the Attorney Grievance Commission)

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Published sanctions and actions affecting licensure for FY2013: ALLEN, Sonja Lavita - Commission Reprimand for failing to deposit unearned fees in trust. Upon termination of representation, Respondent entered into a settlement and release of claims agreement with the client without advising the client in writing of the desirability of seeking…

Attorney discipline

ALLEN, Sonja Lavita - Commission Reprimand for failing to deposit unearned fees in trust. Upon termination of representation, Respondent entered into a settlement and release of claims agreement with the client without advising the client in writing of the desirability of seeking the advice of independent counsel.; ALSTON, Tiffany T. - Indefinite Suspension on September 25, 2012; ALSTON, Tiffany T. - While under an Indefinite Suspension imposed in a previous case decided by Opinion and Order on September 25, 2012, Respondent was Disbarred by Consent on May 2, 2013; ARATI, Shakyamunire S. - Disbarred by Consent on November 14, 2012, effective thirty (30) days thereafter; BELLAMY, Denise Leona - Ninety (90) day Suspension by Consent on September 11, 2012, effective thirty (30) days thereafter; BENNETT, Brian Douglas - Commission Reprimand for conflicts of interest and for failure to withdraw from the case on a timely basis.; BERTOLA, Marta - Indefinite Suspension by Consent on January 9, 2013, effective immediately (with the right to apply for reinstatement sixty (60) days thereafter) for appearing in a circuit court case on behalf of her husband; BLOCK, Steven Harold - Disbarment by Consent on October 26, 2012; BROWN, Linda Markey - Commission Reprimand for filing numerous pleadings and ancillary filings with the Court, on which she signed her client's name purported to be under oath, at the client's request, but failed to initial or otherwise clarify to the Court that they were not her client's actual signature.; BROWN, Michael T. - Indefinite Suspension by Consent on December 12, 2012, effective thirty (30) days from the date thereafter; BURKHARDT, John K. - Indefinite Suspension by Consent on October 5, 2012; CHAPMAN, Gerald Frederick - Indefinitely Suspended on January 31, 2013, effective immediately (with the right to apply for reinstatement no sooner than ninety (90) days thereafter) for misleading clients into believing that they were obtaining representation through a law firm, when in reality, a non-lawyer directed the representation; CHAVERS, Clayborne E., Sr. - Commission Reprimand for engaging in the unauthorized practice of law on several occasions by entering his appearance in Maryland courts where he was not admitted to practice law. Mr. Chavers' law office is currently located in the District of Columbia.; CHRISTMAS, Patrick J . - Commission Reprimand for misconduct because he continued to negotiate transactions after his father's death, after his power of attorney expired; DECKER, Michael Kenneth - Disbarred by Consent on October 18, 2012; DONOVAN, William Carpenter, Jr. - Disbarred by Consent on August 17, 2012, because he embezzled fees from the law firm that employed him and because he abandoned a client's bankruptcy case.; FADER, Joel Jay - Disbarred on May 6, 2013; FADER, Joel Jay - Commission Reprimand for failing to adequately communicate with his client about his status as an attorney; FISCHER, Morris Eli - Commission Reprimand for failing to represent his client with reasonable diligence; FLECK, Conrad L. - Commission Reprimand for failing to take reasonably necessary protective action when his client was at risk of financial harm. He also failed to obtain the informed consent of his client before discussing and disclosing confidential information in a meeting with his client and her son's family.; FRIEDMAN, Mark Howard - Disbarred by Consent on April 19, 2013; GERACE, Michael Francis - Disbarred on June 25, 2013, effective immediately, because he failed to represent his client with competence and diligence, unilaterally increased his fee, commingled funds, engaged in the unauthorized practice of law, failed to respond to lawful demands for information from Bar Counsel and upon termination of the representation, failed to protect his client's interests.; GITOMER, Mark Lawrence - Disbarred by Consent on August 1, 2012; GORDON, Lowell J. - Commission Reprimand for failing to adequately communicate with his client, failing to file a claim on behalf of his client prior to the expiration of the statute of limitations and for engaging in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.; GREEN, Charles Lamont - Indefinite Suspension by Consent on April 4, 2013, effective June 1, 2013; GROVE, David Matthew - Commission Reprimand for failing to provide competent representation; GU, Yu - Commission Reprimand for failing to provide competent representation and failing to keep her client reasonably informed about the status of an immigration case.; GUIDA, Sharon Louise - Disbarred by Consent on October 23, 2012, effective thirty (30) days thereafter; HARDING, Supriya Miriam - Disbarred by Consent on January 2, 2013, effective immediately; HECHT, Ross D. - Indefinite Suspension by Consent on May 16, 2013, effective thirty (30) days from the date thereafter, (with the right to apply for reinstatement after six (6) months) for failing to represent his client with diligence and promptness; HUNT, Mark Edward - Disbarred on December 4, 2012, effective immediately, Per Curiam Order. Court of Appeals Opinion to follow.; IJEABUONWU, Chike - Thirty (30) day Suspension by Consent on September 7, 2012; JONES, Cotie W. - Disbarred on August 27, 2012, by Per Curiam Opinion and Order; JOHNS, Christopher M. - Disbarred by Consent on June 10, 2013; JOHNSON, Laurence Fleming - Commission Reprimand for failing to provide competent and diligent representation to his client and for engaging in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice.; KAHL, Jeffrey David - Disbarred on January 8, 2013, effective immediately, by Per Curiam Order for misappropriating funds from his law firm and attorney trust account. Court of Appeals Opinion to follow when received.; KALIN, Howard Scott - Disbarment by Consent on July 10, 2012, due to his criminal conviction for a violation of 18 USC §2422(b) in the United States District Court for Middle District of Florida on April 25, 2012.; KATZ, Gerald Isadore - Indefinite Suspension on November 19, 2012, (with the right to apply for reinstatement no sooner than his readmission to all other jurisdictions, save one, as a reciprocal action) for failing to file tax returns.; KEPPLE, Cristine Ada - Indefinite Suspension on June 21, 2013, Per Curiam Order and Opinion, effective immediately (with the right to apply for reinstatement no sooner than thirty (30) days after the effective date of the Order) for knowingly concealing her state of residence from her law school in order to receive the benefit of in-state tuition at that institution.; KLEINSMITH, Philip M. - Reprimand by Consent on May 24, 2013, as a reciprocal action to his March 20, 2012 Arizona reprimand.; KOBIN, Jason Ashley - Disbarred on May 2, 2013; KREMER, Dean Clayton - Disbarred on May 2, 2013, effective immediately, because he abandoned his law practice, ceased to communicate with his clients or work on their cases, failed to return unearned fees and failed to promptly refund a fee.; LAWSON, Jeffrey - Disbarred on August 21, 2012, by Per Curiam Opinion and Order for charging an unreasonable fee; LOCKHART, Thomas Jackson - Commission Reprimand for his conflict of interest in preparing his client's Will, in which his client left "whatever may be left" to him. Respondent made the requested changes that included naming himself as personal representative and residuary beneficiary. Upon his client's death, he filed the Will for probate and was appointed personal representative. His client's children filed a Petition for Caveat and the dispute was resolved. Over the years, Respondent never charged or collected any fee for legal services provided to his client. He did not request any commission for serving as personal representative.; LONDON, Perry Allen - Disbarred on July 10, 2012; LOWERY-CLUGSTON, Noah Thomas - Disbarred by Consent on May 7, 2013; LUXENBERG, Deborah Y. - Commission Reprimand for failing to make reasonable efforts to ensure the firm had in effect measures giving reasonable assurance that all lawyers in the firm conform to the Maryland Lawyers' Rules of Professional Conduct. Such failures permitted a substantial loss of trust/estate assets.; MacFADYEN, Kenneth John - Reprimand by Consent on August 20, 2012; McCARTHY, Robert Michael - Commission Reprimand for failing to provide competent and diligent representation as Temporary Guardian of the property of his Ward.; McGLADE, Henry Donald, Jr . - Indefinite Suspension by Consent on May 23, 2013; MILTON, Gregory J. - Indefinite Suspension by Consent on January 4, 2013, effective February 4, 2013 (with the right to apply for reinstatement after ninety (90) days from February 4, 2013) for failing to represent his clients with reasonable diligence and promptness; MURCHISON, Grant M. - Disbarred by Consent on June 11, 2013, effective August 10, 2013; NNAKA, Godson M . - Disbarred on August 21, 2012 by Per Curiam Opinion and Order; NOVELLI, Allison Elizabeth - Disbarred by Consent on October 9, 2012; OLER, Carren Susan - Indefinite Suspension by Consent on October 17, 2012; PAGE, Alfred Amos, Jr . - Disbarred on March 5, 2013; PARKER, Jewell Rocheal - Indefinite Suspension by Consent on May 16, 2013; PEKLO, Gary Stewart - Commission Reprimand for having drafted a will in which he was named as personal representative and in which he was granted a significant bequest that he disbursed to himself. He later returned the monies to the estate, but sought from the charitable beneficiaries of the will an assignment to himself of funds to which the charities were entitled, representing the same amount as he was to receive under the will he drafted. He knowingly failed to disclose this information to Bar Counsel.; PENN, Brien Michael - Disbarred on April 25, 2013, effective immediately; POLITZER, Milton A . - Commission Reprimand for failure to provide competent representation and to be reasonably diligent. He failed to expedite litigation and to keep his client reasonably informed about the status of the matter.; POWELL, Roger Norman - Reprimand by Consent on May 16, 2013; PRELLER, Steven B. - Commission Reprimand for failing to safekeep his client's property; PREM, Wayne T. - Disbarred by Consent on September 12, 2012, effective thirty (30) days thereafter; RADEBAUGH, Daniel - Commission Reprimand for failing to provide diligent representation; RIEMAN, Richard Paul, Jr. - Disbarred by Consent on September 5, 2012; REINHARDT, Richard J. - Consent to Reprimand dated August 6, 2012; RODMAN, Yale Dale - Commission Reprimand for engaging in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice when, acting as counsel for plaintiff, he left voice messages for the Complainant that insulted his heritage in a mock accent and other inappropriate remarks.; ROSS, David Arthur - Disbarred on August 21, 2012; SAVAGE, William Mapp - Commission Reprimand for his participation in a situation in which his name was signed by another lawyer employed with the firm, by permitting the execution of documents in his name when not personally signed by him and for failing to sufficiently protect against such activity.; SCHRAMM, Clayton Henry - Disbarred by Consent on October 25, 2012; SCHULMAN, Robert B. - Commission Reprimand for failing to adhere to the ERISA rules and regulations governing Simple IRA plans sponsored by the law firm, and for failing to deposit employees' contributions into their IRAs for a period up to six (6) months. All payments were ultimately made and none of the Firm's lawyers or employees suffered a loss. Appropriate remedial steps have been taken in the operation of the Firm's Simple IRA account program.; SELLERS, John William - Reprimand by Consent on August 24, 2012; SHARMA, Onkar Nath - Commission Reprimand for knowingly disobeying a court order by failing to appear at a hearing on behalf of his client.; SHURBERG, Jonathan S. - Indefinite Suspension by Consent on September 11, 2012, effective November 10, 2012 (with the right to apply for reinstatement no sooner than six (6) months after November 10, 2012) for misusing client funds; SNIFFEN, Kevin Edward - Disbarred by Consent on August 15, 2012; STINSON, Katrice Selena - Disbarred on August 21, 2012, by Per Curiam Opinion and Order for making an agreement to charge unreasonable non-refundable engagement fees and for failure to safekeep client's property. Upon termination of the representations, Respondent refused to refund any portion of such fees or expenses that had not been earned or incurred.; STROTT, George Guild, Jr. - Indefinite Suspension by Consent on August 23, 2012, effective on October 22, 2012 (with the right to apply for reinstatement no sooner than thirty (30) days after October 22, 2012) for failing to provide diligent and competent representation and for failing to honor a lien in a personal injury case.; TUN, Harry - Indefinitely Suspended on August 22, 2012, by Opinion and Order as a reciprocal action to his District of Columbia suspension for overbilling and submitting false vouchers to the District of Columbia Supreme Court for legal services rendered to indigent defendants in criminal cases.; VANDERSLICE, Patrick Edward - Interim Suspension on December 6, 2012, effective immediately, as a reciprocal action to his Delaware suspension that occurred on October 12, 2012.; WALKER-TURNER, John Wayne - Sixty (60) day Suspension on August 22, 2012, effective immediately; WATSON, Joe Donald, Jr . - Thirty (30) day Suspension by Consent on August 1, 2012, effective immediately; WEBER, Erin Marie (ANDERSON, Erin Weber) - Interim Suspension on February 15, 2013, effective immediately, as a reciprocal action to her April 27, 2012 Order of Revocation in Virginia for embezzlement.; WEIKAL, Wendy K. (aka WEIKAL, Wendy Beachat) - Disbarred by Consent on April 15, 2013, subsequent to her Interim Suspension on April 9, 2013, as a reciprocal discipline for failing to provide diligent and competent representation (as published)

Reason and background for the action

ALSTON, Tiffany T.: failure to comply in material ways with the remedial terms of her Conditional Diversion Agreement, resulting in its revocation and the filing of public disciplinary charges.; ALSTON, Tiffany T.: failing to provide competent and diligent representation, for failing to communicate with her clients, for failing to safekeep clients' property and for failing to respond to requests for information from Bar Counsel.; ARATI, Shakyamunire S.: failing to represent his clients with reasonable diligence and promptness, for failing to communicate with his clients, for charging unreasonable fees, for failing to complete the representation of his clients, and upon termination of the representation, for failing to take steps to the extent reasonably practicable to protect his clients.; BELLAMY, Denise Leona: failure to provide diligent representation and upon termination of representation, for failure to refund any advance payment of fees or expenses not earned or incurred.; BERTOLA, Marta: making representations in court that she was authorized to practice law and for filing a motion in the same case while decertified from the practice of law.; BLOCK, Steven Harold: commingling personal funds in his attorney trust account, for using his attorney trust account for personal purposes, for failing to inform a client that he had mistakenly reported a judgment satisfied and misused client funds, the source of the payment of the judgment.; BROWN, Michael T.: failing to represent his client with reasonable diligence and competence. He withdrew his client's Petition for Caveat without authority, forever barring her claim.; BURKHARDT, John K.: failing to complete the representation of his client, for failing to adequately communicate with his client, for failing to return his client's file, for misrepresenting to his client the status of the case and for failing to respond to lawful requests for information by Bar Counsel.; CHAPMAN, Gerald Frederick: sharing fees with the non-lawyer, for charging an unreasonable fee, for failing to hold prepaid fees in trust and for failing to respond to a client's request for information.; CHRISTMAS, Patrick J .: failing to promptly distribute assets intended for his siblings, for failing to promptly resolve the dispute with his siblings after being contacted by counsel, for failing to promptly respond to Bar Counsel's first contact with him and for his delay, for more than a year, before finally initiating probate proceedings relating to his father's estate.; DECKER, Michael Kenneth: failing to deposit client funds in his attorney trust account, for failing to provide his client with a full accounting of such funds and for failing to comply with a court order.; FADER, Joel Jay: commingling personal funds in his trust account, for the unauthorized use of trust funds, for making misrepresentations to an administrative judge, for failing to correct said misrepresentations and for failing to ensure that the conduct of a non-lawyer employee, whom he had direct supervisory authority over, was compatible with his professional obligations.; FADER, Joel Jay: repeatedly failing to respond to inquiries from Bar Counsel, for engaging in the unauthorized practice of law while decertified and for failing to file his IOLTA and pro-bono reports for 2010.; FISCHER, Morris Eli: filing the client's complaint late and causing the client's case to be dismissed, for his conflict of interest by failing to advise the client, in writing, of the desirability to seek advice of independent counsel in connection with his actions, and for failing to promptly refund an unearned fee.; FRIEDMAN, Mark Howard: misappropriating escrow funds maintained by his law firm in connection with foreclosure actions. He directed later-paid escrow funds to be used to cover the obligations of which the previously escrowed funds should have been used.; GITOMER, Mark Lawrence: failing to represent his clients with reasonable diligence and promptness, for failing to communicate with the clients about the status of their matters, for failing to maintain his unearned fees in escrow and for misappropriating funds from his escrow account.; GREEN, Charles Lamont: failing to maintain unearned fees in his trust account, for failing to promptly return the unearned portion of a fee, for commingling funds, for the unauthorized use of trust funds, for failing to maintain accurate client matter records and for failing to respond to requests for information from Bar Counsel.; GROVE, David Matthew: failing to keep his client reasonably informed and for failing to explain a matter to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the client to make informed decisions regarding the representation.; GUIDA, Sharon Louise: signing multiple individual's names to various documents filed with the Register of Wills without authorization.; HARDING, Supriya Miriam: failing to represent her clients with reasonable diligence and promptness, for failing to communicate with her clients concerning the status of their matters, for failing to maintain unearned fees in escrow and for failing to respond to requests for information by Bar Counsel.; HECHT, Ross D.: failing to communicate with his client, for failing to safekeep property and for failing to respond to requests for information from Bar Counsel.; IJEABUONWU, Chike: failure to provide competent and diligent representation, failure to adequately communicate and upon termination of the representation, failure to take steps to the extent reasonably practicable to protect his client.; JONES, Cotie W.: misappropriation of client funds and for failing to respond to lawful requests for information by Bar Counsel.; JOHNS, Christopher M.: failing to honor assignments securing the repayment of a loan to a third party with settlement proceeds in a personal injury matter. Upon receipt of the proceeds, he failed to notify the creditor that he received the funds and disbursed the funds to his client.; KOBIN, Jason Ashley: failing to maintain a separate trust account, for failing to hold employee withholding taxes in trust; for commingling and misuse of trust funds, for failing to keep adequate trust account records, for failing to appropriately supervise a nonlawyer employee, for failing to comply with federal and state tax obligations, for making misrepresentations to Bar Counsel and for failing to respond to lawful demands for information from Bar Counsel.; LAWSON, Jeffrey: engaging in a conflict of interest and for engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit and/or misrepresentation.; LONDON, Perry Allen: failure to provide competent and diligent representation, and for misrepresenting to his client the status of his cases.; LOWERY-CLUGSTON, Noah Thomas: failing to provide competent and diligent representation, for failing to adequately communicate with his clients, for abandoning his law practice, for failing to deposit and maintain unearned fees in trust until earned and for failing to respond to lawful requests for information from Bar Counsel.; MacFADYEN, Kenneth John: failures associated with his supervision of lawyer and non-lawyer employees who permitted the execution and notarization of documents in Respondent's name when not personally signed by him.; McGLADE, Henry Donald, Jr .: engaging in the unauthorized practice of law after his April 24, 2012 suspension and for failing to respond to requests for information from Bar Counsel.; MILTON, Gregory J.: failing to communicate with his clients and for failing to respond to lawful requests for information by Bar Counsel.; MURCHISON, Grant M.: making misrepresentations to clients, courts, an opposing party and Bar Counsel, for failing to safekeep his clients' property and for conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.; NNAKA, Godson M .: failing to act with reasonable diligence and promptness, for failing to inform clients about the status of their cases, for knowingly failing to respond to lawful requests for information by Bar Counsel and for engaging in conduct involving misrepresentation to his clients.; NOVELLI, Allison Elizabeth: embezzling funds that were entrusted to her from her title company.; OLER, Carren Susan: failing to represent her client with reasonable diligence and promptness, for failing to communicate with her client regarding the status of her case, for failing to refund the unearned portion of her advance retainer to her client upon termination of the representation, for failing to maintain her unearned fees in escrow, and for failing to respond to requests for information by Bar Counsel.; PAGE, Alfred Amos, Jr .: intentional misrepresentations of facts to his client, the Court of Appeals, and Bar Counsel as well as misappropriation of unearned client funds.; PARKER, Jewell Rocheal: failing to timely pursue her client's matter, for failing to timely issue a refund of the unearned fee, for failing to maintain trust account records, for failing to file state and federal tax returns and for failing to respond timely to requests for information from Bar Counsel.; PENN, Brien Michael: engaging in conduct involving dishonesty and deceit against his employer.; POWELL, Roger Norman: assisting his client in conveying property in contravention of a court order and for preparing a declaration of trust that gave him an interest in the trust property.; PRELLER, Steven B.: commingling funds and for the unauthorized use of trust funds.; PREM, Wayne T.: engaging in a scheme in which he and Richard Paul Rieman enriched themselves at the expense of a trust.; RADEBAUGH, Daniel: failing to communicate with his clients regarding the status of their matters and for failing to deposit retainer fees in his attorney trust account. Respondent no longer performs loan modification services for clients and has refunded attorney's fees for the loan modification services he performed for the complainants.; RIEMAN, Richard Paul, Jr.: engaging in a scheme in which he and Wayne T. Prem enriched themselves at the expense of a trust.; REINHARDT, Richard J.: failing to withdraw his appearance in a matter upon termination of representation.; ROSS, David Arthur: diverting payments by a client for purported legal fees in other matters, without notice to or assent by the client, for creating an unreasonable and inflated bill for services to justify the diversion, for failure to provide his client with periodic invoices, for the unauthorized use of trust funds, for failure to maintain client funds in trust and for failure to maintain required trust account records.; SCHRAMM, Clayton Henry: abandoning his clients, for failing to provide diligent and competent representation, for failing to hold prepaid fees in trust and for failing to return unearned fees upon termination of representation.; SELLERS, John William: failing to provide competent representation, for failing to communicate with his client and for failing to obtain approval of two letter agreements without his client's informed consent before issuing the letter agreements.; SHURBERG, Jonathan S.: failing to maintain trust records and for providing a false statement to Bar Counsel.; SNIFFEN, Kevin Edward: the unauthorized use of trust funds.; WALKER-TURNER, John Wayne: lack of competence, failing to act with reasonable diligence, failing to appear at a trial, failing to adequately communicate and account to his client and for engaging in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice.; WATSON, Joe Donald, Jr .: failure to maintain his client's retainer in an attorney trust account until earned, failure to keep his client reasonably informed about the status of the matter, and upon termination of the representation, failure to issue a prompt refund of the unearned fee.; WEIKAL, Wendy K. (aka WEIKAL, Wendy Beachat): failing to communicate with her clients, for charging an unreasonable fee and for misappropriating client funds in Maryland and Pennsylvania. (as published)

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