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ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE v. SMITH-SCOTT

Misc. Docket AG Nos. 8 & 64 Sept. Term, 2018.

230 A.3d 30 (2020)

469 Md. 281

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. Arlene Adasa SMITH-SCOTT.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 29, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer L. Thompson , Asst. Bar Counsel ( Lydia E. Lawless , Bar Counsel Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland), for Petitioner.

Nicholas Madiou and William C. Brennan, Jr. (Brennan, McKenna, Manzi, Shay, Chartered), Greenbelt, MD, for Respondent.

Argued before: Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Biran, JJ.

"A person who represents himself [or herself] has a fool for a client."1

The instant attorney discipline case fortifies the import of this age-old adage often attributed to President Lincoln. Regrettably, the underlying conduct involves an attorney's overzealous self-representation in a voluntary bankruptcy...

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