Opinion ID: 2362113
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The Law Offices of McLemore and Johnson, P.C.

Text: 1. Respondent was admitted to practice law in Virginia and the District of Columbia (D.C.) in June 1988. He is not and never has been licensed to practice law in Maryland. 2. In January 1997, Respondent and McLemore forged a professional association when they began sharing office space, equipment, support staff, and expenses in Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland. 3. Respondent testified that he and McLemore maintained their own clients and files, with McLemore handling the Maryland cases and Respondent handling the Virginia and D.C. cases. He also claimed that, when his clients sought services in Maryland, he referred them to McLemore. 4. Respondent and McLemore practiced under the firm name of Law Offices of McLemore and Johnson, P.C. [6] 5. Respondent admitted that he did not indicate his jurisdictional limitations on the firm's letterhead, which listed only a Maryland office. Respondent contended that he did not think he needed to list his jurisdictional limitations because he and McLemore maintained a single office in Maryland, not in multiple jurisdictions, and because they did not mix files.