Maryland Attorney Disbarred for Violating Nine Ethics Rules

A Maryland attorney who failed to show up for hearings for clients, mismanaged funds, and urged a client to lie to the bar counsel investigating his conduct will no longer be allowed to practice law in the state.

Garland Montgomery Jarrat Sanderson “failed to demonstrate the requisite competence, diligence, and communicative abilities required of the profession,” Judge Joseph M. Getty wrote for the state’s highest court.

In 2013, Sanderson didn’t show up to court to represent a client on “three potentially incarcerable traffic offenses,” the court said. The judge in charge of the case filed a complaint against him with ...