context: Rule 16-606 is quite clear; it requires that all attorney trust accounts be designated in one of three manners. Ellison did not comply with this Rule, whether by ignorance or willful intent.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 768 A.2d 607, 618
citation_a.parenthetical: "every attorney is deemed to know the Rules of Professional Conduct and is charged with the knowledge of how to operate and maintain a trust account"
citation_a.sentence: Attorney Grievance Comm’n v. Blum, 373 Md. 275, 300, 818 A.2d 219, 234 (2003) (“the hearing judge was correct when he concluded that Blum violated Maryland Rule[ ] 16-606 ... when he named his attorney trust account ‘Bruce David Blum Law Firm “IOLTA” ’ ”); see Attorney Grievance Comm’n v. Bernstein, 363 Md. 208, 228, 768 A.2d 607, 618 (2001) (“every attorney is deemed to know the Rules of Professional Conduct and is charged with the knowledge of how to operate and maintain a trust account”).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 818 A.2d 219, 234
citation_b.parenthetical: "the hearing judge was correct when he concluded that Blum violated Maryland Rule[ ] 16-606 ... when he named his attorney trust account 'Bruce David Blum Law Firm "IOLTA" ' "
citation_b.sentence: Attorney Grievance Comm’n v. Blum, 373 Md. 275, 300, 818 A.2d 219, 234 (2003) (“the hearing judge was correct when he concluded that Blum violated Maryland Rule[ ] 16-606 ... when he named his attorney trust account ‘Bruce David Blum Law Firm “IOLTA” ’ ”); see Attorney Grievance Comm’n v. Bernstein, 363 Md. 208, 228, 768 A.2d 607, 618 (2001) (“every attorney is deemed to know the Rules of Professional Conduct and is charged with the knowledge of how to operate and maintain a trust account”).