The Maryland Court of Appeals Oct. 27 disbarred a Maryland-licensed lawyer who misrepresented himself as a Maryland resident in applications for pro hac vice admission in California after he had recently relocated to that state (Maryland Attorney Grievance Comm’n v. Joseph).
The court rejected the lawyer’s argument that he could consider himself a Maryland resident because he remained registered to vote there and had not decided to abandon Maryland as his domicile. Plenty of evidence demonstrated that the lawyer intentionally lied about his residence so that he could practice in California on a pro hac vice basis without ...
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