Overbilling by a Maryland Medical Office

In July 2012, Stewart A. Sutton settled a case in which a medical office overbilled one of its patients.  The most outrageous charge was $1,350 for a back brace.    The same back brace is sold for $288 by an online retailer of medical equipment.  Medical providers may...

Confessed Judgment Vacated

In June 2012, Stewart A. Sutton resolved a claim arising from a confessed judgment note obtained by an attorney against a client.   Two days before a critical hearing, an attorney coerced a client into signing a confessed judgment note for the balance in fees that she...

Firm News Archive

Article in Bar Newsletter: The May 2012 issue of the Montgomery County Bar Association Newsletter contains Stewart A. Sutton’s article on the attorney’s use of an interpleader action to resolve a fee dispute with a client. Tree Hugger: In March 2012,...