Howard A. Lettman
Allegation / charges
Suspended until Restitution Complete| Disciplinary Committee decision delivered June 22, 2019. || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered May 25, 2019. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: …
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The attorney was retained by the Complainant and his wife to act on the purchase of a property for $250,000. They paid a $200,000 deposit on 24 June 1994, but the sale was never completed and the vendor remained in possession. Despite repeated requests over 14 years, the attorney did not refund the deposit. The Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct for breaching Canons 4(r), 4(s), 7(b)(ii) and 1(b). He did not appear at the hearings. He was ordered to make restitution of $200,000, suspended from practice until paid, and to pay $50,000 costs to the Complainant and $50,000 costs to the General Legal Council, with costs to be paid before the suspension is lifted.
Duties found breached:
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=100000"]
Duties engaged
Other decisions involving this respondent
- 116 of 2015
- 57 of 2008
- 212 of 2017
- 57 of 2008
- 215 of 2017
- 215 of 2017
- 212 of 2017
- 16 of 2016
- 124 of 2015
- 7 of 2017
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Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/howard-a-lettman-complaint-no-16-of-2016-formal-order/