Attorney Grievance Commission v. Gilbert

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case involves a petition for disciplinary action filed by the Attorney Grievance Commission against James Gilbert, a member of the Maryland Bar since 1983. The Commission seeks Gilbert’s disbarment for a claimed violation of DR 1-101(A) and DR 1-102(A)(1) and (4) due to his alleged intentional failure to disclose a material fact in his 1980 application for registration as a candidate for admission to the Maryland Bar. 1 Specifically, the nondisclosure was of a civil suit filed by Gilbert in which he unsuccessfully sought, as beneficiary, to recover the proceeds of…