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Attorney Scott MacMullan, an Annapolis solo practitioner, said he welcomes e-filing’s arrival.
“We might have done it one way for a hundred years, but times change,” said MacMullan, who did not attend the Tuesday demonstration. “The less paper the more efficiently work can be done.”
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I’m looking forward to participating in the Anne Arundel County Homeless Resource Day for the second year in a row! I’m committed to helping my client and the community at-large.
I was lucky enough to clerk for one of the most respected, influential and likeable judges in the State of Maryland, The Honorable Nancy Davis-Loomis. She is the Administrative Judge for Anne Arundel County and the 5th Circuit for the State of Maryland. Her retirement dinner is tonight in Annapolis. From knowing her and her friends, it will most definitely be a blast! Her leadership, kindness and smile will be missed! Here is more information on the event: The Honorable Nancy Davis-Loomis Retirement Dinner.
Kara Kowalski v. Berkeley County Schools, et al. (4th Cir. July 2011)
In a case involving cyber-bullying, a student sued the school district for limiting her First Amendment free speech rights by suspending her for creating a hate website against another student at school. The Fourth Circuit determined that the speech created actual or reasonably foreseeable “substantial disorder and disruption” at school; therefore, this was not the “speech” a school is required to tolerate and did not merit First Amendment protection.
Did the Fourth Circuit get the case right?
Click here for the full opinion.
You know the type. An over 35 year old lawyer strutts into a meeting, whips out their IPad and proudly doesn’t contribute anything to the meeting because they are too busy searching the Internet for clothes or the football score. They proudly tell anyone who will listen how “tech savvy” they have become. I hate you if that is you. You know who you are.
You are like a new “yachtsmen” who knows nothing about boating but you just bought your fancy, new expensive boat and by default you are now Captain Crunch of the High Seas. I hate you.
You are the old conservative couple who complain about how your state’s debilitating taxes are “starving you to death” en route from beach house 1 to Beach House 2. I hate you.
You are Mark Foley. You are Eliot Spitzer. You are Anthony Weiner.
But you ain’t a legal techie.
Owning a scanner and an IPad does not make you a legal techie.
What makes someone a legal techie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwkAro3q9js
Press Release for Scott MacMullan Law, LLC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 21, 2013
Scott W. MacMullan appointed to the Maryland State Bar Association Judicial Appointments Committee.
This Committee, made up of local and at-large members, receives and reviews a copy of each judicial application for every judicial vacancy statewide, and contacts references; assigns the application to a Committee member for the preparation of a summary and presentation to the Committee; then conducts an in-person interview of each applicant; and votes on the applicant’s qualifications. It then submits the Committee’s confidential findings to the Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) and the Governor for consideration (some JNCs request and receive an oral presentation from the Committee Chairs prior to their interviews of the applicants). The Committee provides each JNC with its peer evaluation of each applicant’s qualifications, which stands as the MSBA’s formal position with regard to that applicant for a period of 18 months.
About Scott MacMullan Law, LLC
Scott MacMullan Law, LLC provides general legal services in the State of Maryland the District of Columbia. The firm provides counsel and advocacy in a wide range of civil, criminal and family law matters. The firm’s motto is “Local Knowledge You Can Trust.”
For more information contact 443-494-9775 or scott@macmullanlaw.com
The Maryland State Bar Association is a professional, non-profit, voluntary organization comprised of over 23,000 attorneys and judges across the state of Maryland. It monitors judicial and legislative issues in the state, offers legal education opportunities and promotes leadership within its programs that ensure the delivery of quality legal services to all citizens. MSBA is committed to furthering the efficient administration of justice and equality for all under the law.
Founded in 1896, the Maryland State Bar Association celebrated its Centennial over the course of 1996, following the theme “Striving for Justice.” In addition to special events, a 300 page Centennial Book and other promotions, a public service project was an integral part of MSBA’s Centennial.
MSBA is known for its outstanding membership services, dedication to public service and voluntary pro bono efforts. MSBA offers an array of membership services and benefits for its members and works to continually better the legal profession. MSBA promotes the spirit of public service and the spirit of volunteerism. It functions as an excellent mechanism to channel the volunteer efforts of Maryland attorneys to help society, serve to those in need and tackle some of the state’s most pressing problems, like the current legal service to the poor funding crisis. The strength of MSBA lies in its members, and their willingness to volunteer for the public service.