UNNAMED ATTORNEY v. ATTORNEY GRIEV.

No. 92, September Term, 1986.

313 Md. 357 (1988)

545 A.2d 685

UNNAMED ATTORNEY v. ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Baum, Los Angeles, Cal. (George G. Misko and Greta C. Van Susteren, on the brief, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Glenn M. Grossman, Asst. Bar Counsel (Melvin Hirshman, Bar Counsel, on the brief), Annapolis, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH, McAULIFFE and ADKINS, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

In this appeal we shall examine the limits of the Attorney Grievance Commission's (AGC) subpoena power when investigating an attorney's targeted direct mail solicitation practices. Specifically, the unnamed attorney (appellant) asks us to quash the AGC's subpoena compelling him to testify and to produce for inspection, inter alia, "any and all financial journals and ledgers" connected with appellant's law practice.

We summarize the facts. The...

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