Hadid v. Alexander

On August 23, 1978, appellant, Mohamed Anwar Hadid, was arrested in the District of Columbia, on a-warrant issued in Montgomery County, Maryland, on a charge of false pretense (bad check). Appellant contacted appellee, Harry Toussaint Alexander, an attorney admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, who agreed to represent him. The next day appellant, with appellee as counsel, appeared before a Superior Court judge in the District and was released. On September 20, 1978, a Montgomery County magistrate released the appellant on an unsecured $10,000.00 bond.

As a result of subsequent…