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ATTORNEY GRIEV. COMM'N OF MARYLAND v. HARLAN

Misc. Docket (Subtitle BV), No. 17, September Term, 1989.

320 Md. 571 (1990)

578 A.2d 1196

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. JOSEPH BENSON HARLAN AND JAC EDWARD KNUST.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for Reconsideration Denied October 25, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Conrad, Asst. Bar Counsel, for the Attorney Grievance Comm'n of Maryland, for petitioner.

Philip M. Andrews, Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and CHASANOW, JJ.

RODOWSKY, Judge.

This bar disciplinary matter concerns a disbursement by the Respondents for their client, out of funds recovered in a tort action, to a creditor of the client. Respondents requested, received and retained a "fee" of one-third of the disbursement, without the knowledge or consent of the client.

The Attorney Grievance Commission filed charges against Joseph B. Harlan (Harlan) and Jac E. Knust (Knust), alleging violations of DR 1-102(A)(4), DR...

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