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Article: Md. Court of Appeals: Attorney Grievance Commission v. Gisriel
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- The Daily Record (Baltimore)
- Article date:
- July 6, 2009
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Professional Responsibility
Disbarment
BOTTOM LINE: Disbarment was the appropriate sanction where
attorney took a check made solely payable to his client, made it
payable to himself, signed his name, and deposited it in his
operating account.
CASE: Attorney Grievance Commission v. Gisriel, CA No. 3,
September Term 2008 (filed June 18, 2009) (Judges Harrell,
BATTAGLIA, Greene, Adkins & Barbera) (Judges Bell & Eldridge
(retired, specially assigned), dissenting). RecordFax No. 9-0618-
21, 60 pages.
FACTS: Michael Gisriel operated with other attorneys in a law
firm known as the Law Offices of Foard, Gisriel, O'Brien & Ward,
L.L.C. In February 2002, Kenneth J. Barnhart and his wife, Marcia ...