Harris v. Maryland

HEADNOTE [Violations of the following Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct: 1.15(a)(Safekeeping Property), 1.16(d)(Declining or Terminating Representation), 3.3(a)(1) and (a)(4)(Candor Toward the Tribunal), 3.4(a) and (b)(Fairness to Opposing Party and Counsel), 8.1(a) and (b)(Bar Admission and Disciplinary Matters), 8.4(c) and (d)(Misconduct). Violations of Maryland Rules 16-606 (Name and Designation of Account), 16-609 (Prohibited Transactions), and Maryland Code, Sections 10-304 (Deposit of Trust Money) and 10-306 (Misuse of Trust Money) of the Business Occupations and Professions Article (1989, 2000 Repl. Vol.) Blums conduct, which violated all of the above listed rules and warranted disbarrment, involved placing clients funds into his personal or operating accounts before earning them, the alteration of a check and eventual misrepresentations to his client, opposing counsel, Bar Counsel, and the Court regarding the alteration.]