In Maryland reciprocal discipline matters, Bar Counsel must file a petition charging misconduct. The petition is assigned to a circuit court judge for an evidentiary hearing. The judge makes findings of fact for review by the Court of appeals.

Thus, an attorney may be found culpable of violations not found by the jurisdiction that imposed the original discipline.

An attorney who was warned and reprimanded in Maine for failure to file an estate tax return was reciprocally reprimanded by the Maryland Court of Appeals. .