Attorney Grievance Commission v. Powers

ADKINS, Judge.

The Attorney Grievance Commission charged Van Stuart Powers, a Maryland lawyer since 1972, with multiple violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility. 1 We referred the matter to Judge G. Hovey Johnson of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County pursuant to Maryland Rule BV9 b. After extensive fact-finding, Judge Johnson concluded that Powers was guilty of numerous violations of the Code. Although Powers takes issue with some of Judge Johnson’s findings, as to which there was some conflicting evidence, our review of the record persuades us that those findings are…