The Maryland Court of Appeals has suspended an attorney for misconduct involving her longtime client’s estate.

Respondent had drafted a series of wills for the client to sign. Unfortunately, after he died, she learned that the latest iteration had only one witnessing signature rather than the required two.

On March 20, 2018, Respondent submitted the 2018 will for probate to the Register of Wills, even though Respondent knew that the will was not witnessed by at least two present witnesses as required by law. Respondent fraudulently represented that she witnessed the will, when she signed the will one month after Mr. Wilson’s death. She knowingly and falsely witnessed the will to carry out Mr. Wilson’s final wishes.