The document is a letter from the Board of Overseers of the Bar notifying Lori Handrahan and Peter Rodway, Esq. that a Grievance Commission panel reviewed a complaint regarding attorney Michael Waxman and dismissed it with a warning. The panel found that Waxman became personally involved in a client's case, maligned Handrahan, and threatened another attorney, but that the misconduct was minor. As a result, the complaint was dismissed and Waxman was warned to refrain from such behavior in the future. The letter notes that a dismissal with warning is confidential and not a formal discipline.

1. BOARD iVIJ::MBEHS
BOARD OF OVERSEE'RS OF THE BAR BOARD STAFF
Established by the Maine Supreme Judicia! Court
Jud Knox, Chair EXH:CTIYE Dinecron
David IV!.Sanders. resq .. Vice Chair 97 Winthrop Street Jacqueline M. Rogers
PO Box 527 BAR COUNSEL
Patricia 1. Ender. Lsq.
Augusta, ME 04332-0527 l. ScoltDavis
Charles F,. Gilbert 1IL Esq.
Christine Holden, Ph.D. ASSISTANT BAit COUNSEL
Dawn M. Pelletier, Esq. Phone 207-613-1121 • F,lX 207-623-4175 Aria Eee
Stephen J. Schwartz. Esq. Email board@mebaroverseers.org • Web www.mebaroverscers.org Jacqueline L.1.. Gomes
January 8, 2010
Lori Handrahan
28 Franklin Terrace
South Portland, ME 04 J 06
Peter E. Rodway, Esq.
Rodway & Horodyski
Attorneys at Law
PO Box 874
Portland, ME 04104
Re: GCF# 09-365
Dear Ms. Handrahan and Attorney Rodway:
Please be advised that on January 5,2010, a Grievance Commission panel reviewed the
complaint in the above matter and issued its decision which I received today. Based upon that review,
the panel concluded as follows:
"Attorney Waxman seemingly has become personally involved in Mr. Malenko's
case. In doing so, he has maligned Ms. Handrahan and threatened to complain against
another member of the bar. Those actions constituted violations of M. Bar R. 3.1;
3.2(£)(4); 3.6(c) and M. R. Prof. Conduct 8.4(d) and (e).
However, since the matter remains before the District Court and the Panel finds
only minor misconduct, this complaint is dismissed with a warning to Attorney Waxman
to refrain in the future from adopting such an overzealous approach to his clients'
matters."
As a result of that determination, including the panel's finding that the moderating circumstances
described within Maine Bar Rule 7.l(d)(4)(A) (enclosed) were present, the panel directed that the
complaint be dismissed with a warning to Attorney Michael J. Waxman to refrain from such misconduct
in the future. This letter serves as Bar Counsel's delivery of that dismissal with a warning.
Please note that under the Maine Bar Rules, a dismissal with a warning is not discipline.
Therefore, the Complaint and the resulting warning will be treated by the Board of Overseers of the Bar,
the Grievance Commission and Bar Counsel as a confidential matter.
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