Ch. 632

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(a)  Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a
lawyer expeditiously shall deposit trust money into an attorney
trust account.

(b)  Subsection (a) of this section does not apply if there
is a court order to the contrary.

(c)  Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section or any
other law, a lawyer may disburse, at settlement in a real estate
transaction, trust money that the lawyer receives in the
transaction.

10-305.

Except for trust money that a lawyer has chosen to deposit
in an attorney trust account that earns interest payable to the
Maryland Legal Services Corporation, a lawyer may withdraw trust
money from an attorney trust account and invest it:

(1)  as the client or beneficial owner of the trust
money instructs; or

(2)  as the lawyer and the client or beneficial owner
of the trust money agree.

10-306.

A lawyer may not use trust money for any purpose other than
the purpose for which the trust money is entrusted to the lawyer.

10-307.

A lawyer who willfully violates any provision of this Part I
of this subtitle is subject to disciplinary proceedings as the
Maryland Rules provide.

10-402.

(a) (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a
person who participates in an investigation may not disclose the
name of a person under investigation, the name of a witness, or
any other information obtained in the investigation.

((r) A person who violates subsection (a)(2) of this
section is guilty of a misdemeanor.]

10-501.

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, an attorney
at law has a lien on:

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