Opinion ID: 1925629
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Telephone conferences.

Text: In her voucher, Respondent claimed that she had three one-hour telephone conferences with Whitley on February 20, 2002, March 14, 2002, and March 19, 2002. The Hearing Committee and the Board, however, credited Whitley's testimony that Respondent had only one telephone conference with Whitley [8] on a date that he was unable to recall. According to Whitley, this conference lasted only a few minutes. [9] On cross-examination by Respondent's counsel, Whitley acknowledged that he received a substantial amount of information from Respondent regarding the fraud case in Charles County that precipitated the extradition proceeding. He also admitted that he spoke with Respondent after receiving the instruction letter. According to Respondent, Whitley was a difficult and nervous client who required a good deal of hand-holding and reassurance, so that her discussions with him were protracted. See p. 22, infra. Nevertheless, the members of the Hearing Committee, each of whom questioned Respondent quite probingly, did not believe that Respondent spoke to Whitley as often, or for as long, as she claimed in her voucher to have done.