Attorney Grievance Commission v. Clinton

COUCH, Judge.

Jerome F. Connell and Lloyd E. Clinton, Jr. were partners in the practice of law, being members of the Maryland Bar since 1959 and 1962 respectively. Both attorneys were charged in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland with violating 26 U.S.C. §§ 7201 and 7206(1), and 18 U.S.C. § 2, involving income tax evasion for the years 1979, 1980 and 1981. In October 1985, both attorneys were found guilty by a jury in the United States District Court of all counts in the indictment; each was sentenced to a prison term of one year and one day and fined $5,000.00.…