Reinstatement Project
TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!
SUPPORT REQUEST
Due to mistakes I made, I was suspended from The Maryland Bar on September 21st, 2011. The suspension was styled as an Indefinite Suspension with The Right to Request Readmission in six months. Your supplicant requested readmission in 2012 and 2021. In 2012, the denial was based largely on an unsigned, draft character reference which was accidentally included in the 2012 reinstatement file. The deciders called this accidental filing fraud. Therefore, I can’t get a job.
In 2021, denial was primarily based on the fact that I now have a tax debt. The powers deemed me to have willfully not paid my taxes. They arbitrarily
determined for themselves that this inferred willful nonpayment rendered this petitioner unfit to practice law. I had a written deferral of collection from The IRS in 2021 for insolvency. The decision-makers refused to credit it. Worse, my written request for a Hearing was denied by silence. Why no Hearing?
It seems that I will never be reinstated without intervention by The Federal Courts. Due to 12 years of suspension and concurrent unemployment, I can’t afford the costs of a suit. Those costs include filing fees, depositions and expert witness fees. There is a percentage chance that we might win this case. Would you consider helping us pay the costs of doing so? If so, please press the proper button above. If help is not possible just now, we solicit your prayers. This is all for a reason. The Battle is larger than me. Thank-you for your time and consideration.
Roland N. Patterson, Jr.
ALERT:
I recently filed a federal complaint against the staff and commissioners of the Maryland Attorney Regulatory Commission* (MARC). The complaint is attached below. Known as MJM 24 CV 2812, the case alleges that I was deprived of my guaranteed right to a Hearing on important, contested issues in the context of my 2012 and 2021 Reinstatement Petitions. These deprivations violate the federal and state constitutions. The complaint also alleges several civil harms.
I am told that a suit alleging constitutional harms by a state agency regulating professionals has never before been filed in Maryland.
Finally, the agencies that regulate attorneys around the nation are, for the most part, created by the courts. Hence, disciplined lawyers stand before the courts opposing the court’s own subsidiary. If the subsidiary was not regulating lawyers, the court would have to do it. The law calls this a conflict of interest.
Doctors, architects, airline pilots and all other professionals are regulated by executive agencies. When they challenge proposed discipline, they stand before a neutral and separate judiciary opposing an executive agency.
This is a “check and a balance,” on proposed executive action which attorneys don’t enjoy. Hence, we are also challenging the structure of attorney discipline in Md. for these reasons.
Please pray for the strength and precision of this effort. If you do this, the chance of success shall increase. If you consider helping us with litigation expenses such as expert witness fees and depositions, this work will be easier. In that case, the appropriate prompts are above.
I remain available for your convenience at: AdvocacyService@Outlook.Com or
(443) 324-0600.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
In Earnest,
Roland N. Patterson, Jr.
*MARC is not the accurate name of the agency which regulates attorney professional conduct. Caution dictates the pseudonym.
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.