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Article: State ethics commission clears Ehrlich's lawyer.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- August 19, 2006
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Byline: Andrew A. Green
Aug. 19--The state Ethics Commission has cleared Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s personal lawyer of wrongdoing, dismissing a complaint that meetings he arranged with top officials on behalf of his clients constituted illegal, unregistered lobbying.
Attorney David Hamilton, who heads the government relations practice at the governor's former law firm, Ober/Kaler, attended meetings between clients who had business with the state and Ehrlich and other administration officials, according to appointment calendars released under Maryland's Public Information Act. Hamilton is not registered with the state as a lobbyist.
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