Legal Opinion
Rhoads v. Sommer
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided August 27, 2007No. 127 September Term, 2006PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRaker, J.
Respondents Fred S. Sommer, an attorney, and Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., his law firm, (collectively referred to in the singular as “Sommer”) filed a complaint to enforce an attorney’s lien against Lori D. Rhoads, petitioner. We granted certiorari to consider three questions. Rhoads v. Sommer, 396 Md. 524, 914 A.2d 768 (2007). First, we consider whether respondents’ right to a statutory attorney’s hen, as set forth in Md.Code (1999, 2006 Cum.Supp.), § 10-501 of the Business Occupations & Professions Article, was waived by the language of the parties’ retainer agreement. 1 We…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Johnson v. Home State BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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