IN RE TRUST UNDER ITEM TEN

No. 737, Sept. Term, 2023.

319 A.3d 1142 (2024)

262 Md. App. 396

In the MATTER OF the TRUST UNDER ITEM TEN OF the LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF Dorothea K. LANIER, Deceased.

Appellate Court of Maryland.

July 31, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Elliot N. Lewis, Elliot N. Lewis, P.A., Baltimore, MD, on brief, for Appelant.

No argument on behalf of the Appellee.

Argued before: Reed, Tang, Irma S. Raker (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


This appeal examines whether a trustee, who is also an attorney, is entitled to compensation when they hire themselves as counsel to provide legal services for a trust.

By order of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Elliot N. Lewis, Esq. ("Lewis") was appointed successor trustee of a trust. Lewis hired himself to perform...

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