Attorney Nishith Patel of Baltimore, MD; ethical gnome

The state of Maryland presented Nishith Patel with a law license in 2001 after he graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law.

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) found Nishith guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

• Failed to adequately communicate with his clients
• Failed to safeguard client funds
• Failed to recognize a conflict of interest
• Engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice
• Disbursed a portion of his clients’ settlement funds to his law firm as a reimbursement for expenses that he had not yet paid

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Maryland Supreme punished Nishith by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

And lastly, as one would suspect, Nishith fails to mention the above misconduct on his self-serving website at www.thepatellawgroup.com.  Apparently, he chose to conceal this relevant information from prospective clients for the purpose of not limiting his future victim pool.

As we speak (ca. May 2022), Nishith practices his so-called brand of law with The Patel Law Group at 300 East Lombard Street in Baltimore, Maryland.