CLIENT PROTECTION FUND OF THE BAR OF MARYLAND

TRUSTEES OF THE CLIENT PROTECTION FUND OF THE BAR OF MARYLAND
Appointed by Supreme Court of Maryland to 7-year terms:
Douglas M. Bregman, Esq., Chair (chosen by Trustees), 2025
Teresa E. Cummings, Esq.. 2024; Tracy C. Miller, Esq., 2026; David Weiss, 2026; Charles Bagley, IV, Esq., 2027; Joseph B. Chazen, Esq., 2028; James W. Almand, Esq., 2029; Richard M. Karceski, Esq., 2030; Kathleen M. Werner, Esq., 2030.
[photo, 200 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis, Maryland] Melissa M. (Missy) Higdon, Executive Director

200 Harry S Truman Parkway, Suite 350, Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 630-8140; fax: (410) 897-0555
e-mail: cpf@mdcourts.gov
web: http://mdcourts.gov/cpf/index.html


200 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis, Maryland, March 2020. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Annual Report to Supreme Court of Maryland (Maryland Rule 19-604(a)(13).

In 1965, the Client Protection Fund of the Bar of Maryland was established as the Clients' Security Trust Fund of the Bar of Maryland (Chapter 779, Acts of 1965). The Fund adopted its present name in 2002 (Chapter 33, Acts of 2002).

To maintain the integrity and protect the good name of the legal profession in Maryland, the Fund reimburses claimants for losses caused by the misappropriation of funds by members of the Maryland Bar (acting either as attorneys or fiduciaries). Reimbursements are made to the extent deemed proper and reasonable by the Fund Trustees. The Fund is supported by annual assessments upon active members of the Maryland Bar as a condition of practicing law.

Appointed to seven-year terms by the Supreme Court of Maryland, nine trustees (eight of whom are lawyers) oversee the Fund (Code Business Occupations & Professions, secs. 10-310 through 10-313; Maryland Rules 19-601 through 19-610).

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