No. 25-743

Gary Pisner v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland

Lower Court: Maryland
Docketed: 2025-12-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: constitutional-rights disbarment due-process judicial-procedure lawyer-discipline legal-ethics
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the court that has jurisdiction over lawyer disciplinary matters can issue orders disbarring an attorney without first addressing cited, unaddressed constitutionally mandated due process deficiencies.

2. Whether in multi-stage lawyer disciplinary proceeding, as in this instance, any rule or statute that prohibits a judge who is the finder of facts from ameliorating constitutional due process issues as they arise is unconstitutional.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court with jurisdiction over lawyer disciplinary matters can issue disbarment orders without first addressing constitutional due process deficiencies and whether rules prohibiting judicial amelioration of due process issues are unconstitutional

Docket Entries

2026-02-23
Petition DENIED.
2026-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2025-08-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 21, 2026)
2025-05-08
Application (24A1072) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 2, 2025.
2025-05-04
Application (24A1072) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 3, 2025 to August 2, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Gary Pisner
Gary Steven Pisner — Petitioner