ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE v. YI

Misc. Docket AG No. 21, September Term, 2019.

235 A.3d 963 (2020)

470 Md. 464

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. John Xander YI.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Michael W. Blow, Jr. , Senior Assistant Bar Counsel ( Lydia E. Lawless , Bar Counsel Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland), for Petitioner.

Argued by Herbert Alan Dubin, Esquire (Rockville, MD), for Respondent.

Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Biran, JJ.


The regulation of attorneys through the attorney disciplinary process is not so much a matter of crime and punishment as one of consumer protection. A law license authorizes an attorney to advise, or advocate on behalf of, another person at the most critical junctures of life. A minimal level of competence, diligence, and forthrightness...

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