Attorney Grievance Commission v. Demyan

Per Curiam Order. The Court having considered the recommendation of the panel of Judges that Michael Demyan be reprimanded and no exceptions to the recommendation having been filed by the Attorney Grievance Commission or the respondent, it is this 14th day of September, 1976 ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the recommendation of the panel be, and it is hereby adopted; and it is further ORDERED that Michael Demyan be, and he is hereby, reprimanded. /s/ Robert C. Murphy Chief Judge RECOMMENDATION This matter came on for hearing in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, in the Fifth Judicial Circuit of the State of Maryland on February 23, 1976 before the ²⁴¹ undersigned judges of the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County, all of whom were duly appointed by the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland. The court heard the charges as set forth in the petition filed in these proceedings by the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland for disciplinary action against Michael Demyan, a practicing attorney in Anne Arundel County. The Grievance Commission was represented by L. Hollingsworth Pittman, Esquire, and the Respondent Michael Demyan was represented by Theodore G. Bloom, Esquire, of the law firm of Goodman and Bloom.

It is found by this court that the Respondent, as stated in the first charge, did in fact violate DR6-101, Code of Professional Responsibility, by unprofessionally neglecting to ensure the execution of certain deeds by one James E. Smith to Respondent’s client, Leona R. Smith. Although Respondent received in October 1972 a cashier’s check for $400.00 payable to his client and her husband’s attorney and endorsed by them to the Equitable Trust Company as part payment of a joint judgment,