Case Title: Reinstatement of Mungin

Citation: 

Docket Number: 113ag/16

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2017-12-06T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 
 
OF MARYLAND 
  
Misc. Docket AG No. 113 
September Term, 2016 
 
 
 
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR 
REINSTATEMENT OF VAUGHN MILES 
MUNGIN TO THE BAR OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
Barbera, C.J. 
Greene 
Adkins 
McDonald 
Watts 
Hotten 
Getty, 
 
 
 
 
 JJ. 
 
 
ORDER 
 
 
 
 
Filed: December 5, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Argued: December 1, 2017 
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION 
*    IN THE  
FOR REINSTATEMENT OF 
 
 
 
VAUGHN MILES MUNGIN  
 
*    COURT OF APPEALS  
TO THE BAR OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*    OF MARYLAND    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*    MISC. DOCKET AG NO. 113 
     SEPTEMBER TERM, 2016 
 
 
ORDER 
 
Upon consideration of the Petition for Reinstatement of Vaughn Miles Mungin to the Bar 
of Maryland filed on May 24, 2017; Bar Counsel's response filed on August 24, 2017; Bar 
Counsel's supplemental response filed on August 29, 2017; the Court of Appeals of Maryland's 
opinion issued on July 18, 2014, concluding that Petitioner had violated Maryland Lawyers' 
Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1 (Competence), l.15(a) and l.15(d) (Safekeeping Property), 
8.4(d) (Conduct That is Prejudicial to the Administration of Justice), and 8.4(a) (Violating the 
MLRPC), Maryland Rule 16-609 (Prohibited Transactions), and Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & 
Prof.§ 10-306 (Trust Money Restrictions) and indefinitely suspending Petitioner from the 
practice of law in Maryland with the right to apply for reinstatement after six months; and oral 
argument on December 1, 2017, 
WHEREAS, Petitioner has existing financial obligations, i.e., debt in form of amounts 
owed to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the State of Maryland, and the United States 
Department of Education totaling in excess of $1 million;  
WHEREAS, Petitioner has entered into payment plans with the IRS and the Comptroller 
of Maryland requiring monthly installment payments;  
WHEREAS, Petitioner has an account with the United States Department of Education 
which is in default and has been placed with Coast Professional, Inc., a debt collection agency;  
 
 
WHEREAS, as evidenced at oral argument, Petitioner has made only two payments of 
$2,500 to the IRS on February 10, 2017 and May 16, 2017, respectively, and one payment of 
$250 on May 18, 2017 to the United States Department of Education;  
WHEREAS, Petitioner has advised the Court of Appeals of Maryland without further 
explanation that, with respect to employment, during the period of suspension, he considered 
various entrepreneurial activities;  
WHEREAS, since the suspension on August 17, 2014, thirty (30) days after issuance of 
the Court of Appeals of Maryland's opinion, to the present, Petitioner has not sought and 
maintained consistent employment;  
WHEREAS, the Court determines that Petitioner has not demonstrated the requisite 
character and competence to practice law for reinstatement;  
it is this 5th day of December, 2017, ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, 
that the Petition for Reinstatement be, and it is hereby, DENIED. 
 
 
/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera  
      Chief Judge