Dan Abrams opened the Maryland State Bar Association’s Legal Summit with a call for lawyers to keep in mind the "court of public opinion" when they take on high-profile cases.
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh’s announcement last fall that he would not seek reelection sent shockwaves through political circles and launched widespread speculation about who would seek to replace him as the state’s chief legal officer. Only one candidate, Republican Jim Shalleck, had already declared his intention to run at the time. A wider .
The Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) on Dec. 7 elected David Shapiro, current secretary of the MSBA, to president-elect of the statewide bar association.