Domenico Pisano

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

Domenico (Dominic) Pisano, a senior partner at Dominic Levent Solicitors, faced allegations of bullying, harassing and abusing junior colleagues (shouting, homophobic language, showing pornographic images, an inappropriate sexual comment, physically kicking a placement student, and a comment about a colleague's religious beliefs), as well as making inappropriate and unsubstantiated allegations about colleagues and falsely asserting a client lacked capacity to the opposing side. The Tribunal, proceeding in his absence, found all allegations proven except 1.2.1, and found breaches of Principles 2, 5, 6 and 7 and Outcomes 1.2 and 1.4. The Tribunal found lack of integrity but made no express finding of dishonesty. Culpability and seriousness were assessed at the highest level. He was struck off the Roll and ordered to pay costs of £41,875.44.

Duties found breached:

• Integrity
• No taking unfair advantage
• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Act in the client's best interests
• Non-discriminatory acceptance and cab-rank

Aggravating factors:

• Misconduct involved violence, bullying, harassment and coercion, with and without sexual elements
• Caused physical and emotional harm to junior colleagues and clients
• Abuse of position of seniority and authority
• Took advantage of a vulnerable client, jeopardising her case
• Took advantage of university placement students
• Deliberate, calculated and repeated conduct over at least 6 months
• No insight shown; sought to blame others
• Experienced solicitor in control of his actions

Mitigating factors:

• No previous disciplinary matters