Baltimore County Circuit Court — Reported Site of Evidentiary Hearing
A bank’s overdraft notice set off a disciplinary case that now has the Supreme Court of Maryland weighing whether to disbar Tiffany Fountaine Boykin, Montgomery College’s dean of Rockville Student Affairs. Findings in the case say Boykin made 54 transfers from her client trust account to her law firm’s operating account, moving nearly $28,000 that she then spent — plus a little more — at ATMs while gambling.
The case did not begin with an angry client filing a complaint. According to the Maryland Daily Record, it started when Boykin’s bank flagged an overdraft and alerted bar counsel. From there, investigators say they found a pattern: dozens of transfers out of a trust account meant solely to hold client money, feeding a firm operating account and, from there, cash withdrawals for gambling…