ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE v. GAGE-COHEN

Misc. Docket AG No. 25, September Term, 2013.

101 A.3d 1043 (2014)

440 Md. 191

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. Christine Boco GAGE-COHEN.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James N. Gaither , Asst. Bar Counsel ( Glenn M. Grossman , Bar Counsel, Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland), for Petitioner.

No argument on behalf of Respondent.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J. HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD and WATTS, JJ.


McDONALD, J.

This attorney discipline matter concerns an attorney who accepted $2,500 from a client as a retainer for a divorce case, had no further communication with her client, performed no work on the matter, and apparently abandoned her Maryland law practice. The attorney, who did not maintain a separate trust account, deposited the client's payment into a general account and never returned the unearned fee to the client...

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