Thank you for your reply.
You have hit the nail on the head. The former board allowed the attorney to walk all over them. The attorney speaks and behaves as though she is the company's executive. She actually reprimanded us, at a board meeting, in front of the public, telling us that she would not tolerate our behavior. This was after a board member used "colorful" language during the previous meeting. He had resigned and wasn't even in attendance at the time of the tongue-lashing.
As far as I am concerned, she has dug herself a hole too deep to climb out of.