Failure To File

An attorney who was convicted of failure to file his federal income taxes for 2006 and 2007 was indefinitely suspended by the Maryland Court of Appeals.

The failures involved approximately $70,000 in unpaid taxes.

The attorney may seek reinstatement after six months, as the court rejected autmatic reinstatement in light of concerns about the state of restitution

We…disagree with [the attorney] as to the imposition of a finite, nunc pro tunc suspension for six months rather than an indefinite suspension with the right to apply for reinstatement after a period of six months. Our resolution emanates primarily from the fact that at oral argument, [he] could not specify what, if any, money he has paid to the Internal Revenue Service to satisfy his arrears, which apparently stems from the fact that his original agreement to pay the Internal Revenue Service was in default.

(Mike Frisch)