Carroll County Ethics Commission v. Lennon

SONNER, Judge.

After an investigation and an administrative hearing, appellant, the Carroll County Ethics Commission (Ethics Commission), determined that appellee, attorney Robert H. Lennon, violated provisions of the Carroll County Ethics Ordinance when he represented clients who had business before the county agency of which he was a member. Appellee then filed a complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief in the Circuit Court for Carroll County, claiming, among other things, that appellant erred as a matter of law in its interpretation of the Ethics Ordinance. On October 29, 1996, the…