ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE v. WILLS

Misc. (Subtitle BV) No. 20, Sept. Term, 1996.

705 A.2d 1121 (1998)

348 Md. 633

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. Jackie Ray WILLS.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 12, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Hirshman, Bar Counsel, and John C. Broderick, Assistant Bar Counsel, for the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, Petitioner.

Kevin J. McCarthy, Lanham, for Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, RAKER and WILNER, JJ., and ROBERT L. KARWACKI, Judge (retired), Specially Assigned.


RODOWSKY, Judge.

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