American Asset Finance, LLC v. Trustees of the Client Protection Fund

In this appeal, American Asset Finance, LLC (“AAF”), the appellant, challenges a decision of the Trustees of the Client Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland (“the Fund”), the appellee, to deny in all or in part four claims submitted by AAF. The Fund’s final determination of AAF’s claims was affirmed on judicial review by the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. AAF presents one question for our review, which we have rephrased: Did the Fund err in determining that AAF lacked standing to seek compensation with respect to three of its claims and part of a fourth claim? 1 For the reasons to…