Attorney Grievance Commission v. Powers

This attorney discipline ease involves an attorney who failed to abide by his client’s instructions concerning the handling of the client’s case, failed to communicate with the client to permit him to make informed decisions about his case, and publicly disclosed confidential client information in the course of suing the former client and a third person in federal court, in a state where neither the former client nor the third party either resided or had any contacts, in an effort to collect attorney’s fees.

On April 20, 2016, Petitioner, the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland…