Decision record
Dexter Charles Anthony Wadsworth
Allegation / charges
Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered November 24, 2021. || Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered January 18, 2022. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 139/2008 IN …
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The respondent, enrolled as an attorney in Jamaica, had resigned from the New York bar and been struck from the New York roll following disciplinary proceedings in which he admitted converting large amounts of client funds, aiding a fraudulent scheme, failing to maintain client accounts, and disregarding a court order to return fees. The Jamaican Disciplinary Committee, relying on the unchallenged evidence and the respondent's own admissions in New York, found him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of grave professional misconduct under section 12(1) of the Legal Profession Act and breach of Canon 1(b). Although the New York admissions involved fraud and conversion, the Jamaican panel did not make an express finding of dishonesty. Sanction was to be scheduled at a later date.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Conversion of large amounts of clients' funds
- Aiding and abetting a fraudulent financial scheme
- Failure to maintain proper clients' accounts or account for clients' money
- Failure to return unearned legal fees in disregard of a court order
- Struck from the New York roll of attorneys
Duties engaged
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