Attorney Grievance Commission v. Myers

COUCH, Judge.

Howard Stuart Myers has been a member of the Bar of this State since 1972. In 1981, he promised to represent a client in several matters, including the drafting of a will. The will'Myers prepared would later be found by a trial judge to be incomplete because of its lack of an attestation clause and witness signature lines; nevertheless, Myers sent this document to his client for her signature with the understanding that the will was valid.

Eventually, the client developed misgivings about the will. This led to a confrontation in which the lawyer harshly rebuked his client in…