Maryland Lawyer Disbarred For Deceiving Client About Investment

A Maryland attorney who asked his client to invest her settlement proceeds in several of his firm’s litigation cases, used the money for personal expenses, and then lied to her about the results of those cases was disbarred by the state supreme court.

The ‘investment opportunity’ was a deception created by the lawyer to get funds from his client “under false pretenses,” after which he used those funds as an interest-free personal loan,” the Maryland Supreme Court’s Wednesday opinion said.

Jonathan Christian Dailey represented Sherry Renee Gaither in her employment discrimination suit in 2011, according to the court. The case ...