Attorney Grievance Commission v. McDowell

This attorney discipline proceeding involves a lawyer who “robo-signed” a large number of foreclosure-related documents, 1 and the managing partner of the law firm at which the robo-signing occurred.

While John Stephen Burson (“Burson”), Respondent, a member of the Bar of Maryland, was the managing partner of the law firm that is now Shapiro Brown & Alt, LLP (“the Shapiro Firm”), 2 Matthew John McDowell (“McDowell”), Respondent, a member of the Bar of Maryland and a lawyer at the Shapiro Firm, signed trustee’s deeds 3 and affidavits on behalf of William M. Savage (“Savage”), another lawyer and…