ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE v. BLATT

Misc. Docket AG No. 42, Sept. Term, 2017.

208 A.3d 820 (2019)

463 Md. 679

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION of Maryland v. Stuart R. BLATT.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 22, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Jennifer Thompson , Asst. Bar Counsel ( Lydia E. Lawless , Bar Counsel, Atty. Grievance Commission of Maryland), for Petitioner.

Argued by William A. Hahn, Jr. (Towson, MD), for Respondent.

Argued before: Barbera, C.J., Greene, McDonald, Hotten, Getty, Alan M. Wilner (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), Sally D. Adkins (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


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