Greg Stuart Friedman

“A former client deposited funds into my escrow account to be used to save her home from foreclosure. 12 hours before the sale she retained bankruptcy counsel to stop the foreclosure. I issued a check for the court filing fee. Several months later the client filed a complaint against the bankruptcy attorney. Although she did not file a complaint against me, Bar Counsel reprimanded me for insufficiently documenting the disbursement. The Peer Review Board had determined no violation had occurred.”

“I was suspended for 6 months after making a misleading representation to a court in an effort to protect my client from prosecution for filing a false subpoena. Within 30 minutes of becoming aware of the subpoena, I had withdrawn it. There were no negative consequences to the opposing party in my client's litigation. A dissenting member of the DC Bar Grievance panel argued that a 30-day suspension would have been more appropriate under these circumstances.”