ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE v. DAVY

No. 2, September Term, 2011.

80 A.3d 322 (2013)

435 Md. 674

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. Michelle DAVY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

November 27, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dolores O. Ridgell , Asst. Bar Counsel ( Glenn M. Grossman , Bar Counsel, Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland), for petitioner.

Michelle Davy , Largo, Maryland, for respondent.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, WATTS, JJ.


WATTS, J.

Foremost among matters, this case concerns a Maryland lawyer who promised to file a complaint on a client's behalf, learned that the court had rejected the complaint for filing, and then repeatedly deceived her client as to the status of the litigation while demanding additional retainer payments.

Michelle Hamilton Davy ("Davy"), Respondent, a member of the Bar of Maryland, represented three clients in two unrelated matters. Linda Smalls ("Smalls...

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