Attorney Grievance Commission v. Coppock

Most lawyers prize their integrity. The Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Responsibility (“MLRPC”) enforce that ideal by requiring truthfulness in statements to others during the course of representation1 and candor toward tribunals2 and by prohibiting dishonest conduct.3 Human frailty being *632what it is, not all lawyers tell the truth all the time. It falls to this Court in its capacity as the principal regulator of the legal profession in Maryland to distinguish those untruths that violate the MLRPC from those that do not. For example, this Court has held that a lawyer who lies to his…