Balliet v. Baltimore County Bar Ass'n

On December 23, 1968 Thomas C. Balliet, a practicing attorney, was tried in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County and convicted of larceny after trust (Md. Code, Art. 27, § 353) for converting a client’s funds, to his own use. He was sentenced to a three year prison term, but on March 28, 1969, the unserved portion of his sentence was suspended upon the condition that he stay within the State and make full restitution. At the same time, though it does not appear on the docket entries, the trial court (Maguire, J.) prohibited Balliet from practicing law while he remained on probation.

On July…