girlwithemail
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? MD
I was in court earlier today to support my mother who brought charges against an unlicensed contractor. (It's a long story, but NO she did not know he was not licensed.)
I should preface all other statements with the fact that the defendant, his attorney, my mother and me are all members of the same church...go figure. Just before the case was called before the judge, the hostile defense attorney came over to me, and told me that she knew that the defendant and I were members of the same church group, and accused me of getting her client's social security number, driver's license info, etc. from church records and turning that information over to the state. (For the record, the church does NOT maintain such information on its members.) She told me that she would be filing civil charges against me for violating her client's privacy. At that time I was livid, but I now realize that was a defense tactic on her part.
Here's the question...Should I report her actions to the state bar association? Are attorneys allowed to publicly attack and embarass people not involved with the case? Not that she could prove that I gave such information to the State (besides the state inspector told her that he obtained the info from a state database), but I'm not sure what, if anything, I should do.
The state inspector told me that if she attempts to contact me again then I should inform the state's attorney's office.
What should I do?
(BTW, the defendant was found guilty, given a PBJ -- not the sandwich -- and ordered to pay my mother back within 1 yr.)
I was in court earlier today to support my mother who brought charges against an unlicensed contractor. (It's a long story, but NO she did not know he was not licensed.)
I should preface all other statements with the fact that the defendant, his attorney, my mother and me are all members of the same church...go figure. Just before the case was called before the judge, the hostile defense attorney came over to me, and told me that she knew that the defendant and I were members of the same church group, and accused me of getting her client's social security number, driver's license info, etc. from church records and turning that information over to the state. (For the record, the church does NOT maintain such information on its members.) She told me that she would be filing civil charges against me for violating her client's privacy. At that time I was livid, but I now realize that was a defense tactic on her part.
Here's the question...Should I report her actions to the state bar association? Are attorneys allowed to publicly attack and embarass people not involved with the case? Not that she could prove that I gave such information to the State (besides the state inspector told her that he obtained the info from a state database), but I'm not sure what, if anything, I should do.
The state inspector told me that if she attempts to contact me again then I should inform the state's attorney's office.
What should I do?
(BTW, the defendant was found guilty, given a PBJ -- not the sandwich -- and ordered to pay my mother back within 1 yr.)
