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Lawyer Dies at 101, Had Practiced Law Till He Was 97

A lawyer who was the oldest living graduate of the University of Baltimore law school has died at the age of 101. Jack Mayer Willen practiced law until the age of 97, when his last client died, the Baltimore Sun reports. He had a general practice with a focus on…

May 6, 2010 1:57 PM CDT

Md. Adopts Nation’s First Law Creating Do-Gooder ‘Benefit Corporations’

Maryland’s governor signed legislation this week creating a new kind of corporation that seeks to make a profit at the same time it performs social good. The measure is the nation’s first “benefit corporation” law, according to stories in Business Week and the Philadelphia Inquirer. It allows directors of such…

Apr 15, 2010 4:06 PM CDT

Drunken Driver Spared Jail Time Accused in New DWI Accident, and Judge Is the Victim

Maryland Judge Edwin Collier gave a drunken driver a break in 1998, imposing a suspended sentence even though the man had been arrested twice in three months on charges of driving while intoxicated. Now Collier and his wife are the victims, after a Chevy Tahoe driven by the long-ago defendant,…

Apr 12, 2010 3:36 PM CDT

Wells Fargo Settles With NAACP, But 2 Cities File New Fair Lending Suits

Wells Fargo has just settled a fair housing lawsuit brought by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. But the bank’s court battle over its alleged discriminatory lending practices isn’t over yet. Two cities filed amended federal fair housing complaints against Wells Fargo this week, in which they…

Apr 8, 2010 11:22 PM CDT

Judge Who Married Woman to Domestic Case Defendant Cites ‘Catholic Conscience’

A Maryland judge who dismissed a domestic abuse case after marrying the defendant to the woman he was accused of beating and kicking now says his “Catholic conscience” urged him to “legitimize their relationship.” However, it would have been better to have another judge actually perform the marriage, said District…

Apr 1, 2010 5:06 PM CDT

Judge Who ‘Sentenced’ Alleged Abuser to Married Life Faces Ethics Probe

Two groups that fight domestic violence have filed ethics complaints against a Maryland judge who stopped a trial to perform a marriage ceremony between an alleged abuser and his victim. The House of Ruth Maryland and the Women’s Law Center of Maryland are seeking an ethics investigation of Baltimore County…

Mar 26, 2010 12:35 PM CDT

Judge Who Married Defendant to Alleged Victim, Midtrial, Is Taken Off Bench

A Maryland judge who declared a break in an alleged batterer’s misdemeanor domestic violence trial so he could marry the defendant to the claimed victim and prevent her from testifying against him has been taken off the bench. As of today, Baltimore County District Judge Darrell Russell Jr. has been…

Mar 17, 2010 10:48 PM CDT

Md. AG Says State Will Recognize Same-Sex Marriages Performed Elsewhere

Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler says in a legal opinion that the state will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. Under Gansler’s opinion, married same-sex couples would no longer have to register as domestic partners to get benefits from state agencies that are accorded to heterosexual couples, the Washington Post reports.…

Feb 25, 2010 1:51 PM CST

Former Managing Partner Gets 99 Years in $25M Investment Scheme

When Edward Digges Jr. bilked one of his best clients at Digges Wharton & Levin out of $3.1 million in an overbilling scheme, he served two years in federal prison after pleading guilty in 1990 to mail fraud. He also was fined $1 million and wound up with a $3.6…

Feb 24, 2010 7:17 PM CST

Maryland Preps to Ban Cell Phones & Laptops from Courts

On the heels of a Baltimore judge’s move to ban court observers from posting reports to social media sites, a statewide judiciary rules committee plans to adopt a policy in March that would prohibit people from taking communications devices—including cell phones and computers—into Maryland courthouses. The Baltimore Sun reports that…

Feb 23, 2010 4:52 PM CST

Judge Who Deflated Worker’s Tire Would Accept Public Reprimand

A Maryland judge who admitted he deflated the tire of a courthouse cleaning worker says he would accept a public reprimand from Maryland’s judicial ethics body. Judge Robert Nalley of Charles County pleaded guilty in October to tampering with a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor. He told the court he was…

Jan 20, 2010 5:50 PM CST

DLA ‘Working Lawyer’ Explains Why He and 8 Others Moved to Jackson Lewis

Labor and employment partner Richard Hafets worked at DLA Piper for 34 years, but he has some gripes about the firm that is spurring him to jump to Jackson Lewis along with three other partners and four associates. At DLA, Hafets told the Maryland Daily Record, the firm’s billing rates…

Jan 14, 2010 3:39 PM CST

Lawyer Is Charged in Practice-Related Case Brought by Opposing Candidate’s Office

Attorney John Andrew Mattingly Jr. has been seeking election to the post of St. Mary’s County state’s attorney. But now it appears that the 40-year-old Leonardtown, Md., lawyer and Democratic candidate could lose not only the race for the prosecutor’s job but his law practice as a result of law…

Jan 13, 2010 6:14 PM CST

Md. Deputy Breaks His Leg in Scuffle with Texting Court Observer

A courtroom deputy in Maryland ended up with a broken leg after scuffling with a courtroom observer who was asked to stop texting on his cell phone. The deputy, Brian Schwaab of Anne Arundel circuit court, was treated and released, the Washington Post’s Crime Scene blog reports. Anne Arundel Sheriff…

Jan 11, 2010 6:56 PM CST

Salahis Face So Many Suits that Court Clerks Recognized their Name

Before Tareq and Michaele Salahi gained fame for making their way into a White House party, they were well known in courthouses in Virginia and Maryland. In those states, more than 30 suits have been filed since 2004 against the couple or a company they ran, the Washington Post reports.…

Dec 23, 2009 1:38 PM CST

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Lawyer Dies at 101, Had Practiced Law Till He Was 97

Md. Adopts Nation’s First Law Creating Do-Gooder ‘Benefit Corporations’

Drunken Driver Spared Jail Time Accused in New DWI Accident, and Judge Is the Victim

Wells Fargo Settles With NAACP, But 2 Cities File New Fair Lending Suits

Judge Who Married Woman to Domestic Case Defendant Cites ‘Catholic Conscience’

Judge Who ‘Sentenced’ Alleged Abuser to Married Life Faces Ethics Probe

Judge Who Married Defendant to Alleged Victim, Midtrial, Is Taken Off Bench

Md. AG Says State Will Recognize Same-Sex Marriages Performed Elsewhere

Former Managing Partner Gets 99 Years in $25M Investment Scheme

Maryland Preps to Ban Cell Phones & Laptops from Courts

Judge Who Deflated Worker’s Tire Would Accept Public Reprimand

DLA ‘Working Lawyer’ Explains Why He and 8 Others Moved to Jackson Lewis

Lawyer Is Charged in Practice-Related Case Brought by Opposing Candidate’s Office

Md. Deputy Breaks His Leg in Scuffle with Texting Court Observer

Salahis Face So Many Suits that Court Clerks Recognized their Name

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