Attorney Grievance v. Davenport

Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Wortham David Davenport, Miscellaneous Docket AG No. 67, September Term, 2019, Opinion by Booth, J. ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE – SANCTIONS – DISBARMENT This attorney grievance matter involves an attorney who represented a client in a divorce and custody proceeding. In connection with that representation, after taking a $2,500 fee, the attorney failed to deposit the fee in his trust account. Although at the outset of the representation, the attorney drafted an untimely and defective counter-complaint, and a motion, he subsequently abandoned all…