Dexter Charles Anthony Wadsworth
Allegation / charges
Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered January 18, 2022. || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered November 24, 2021. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINT …
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Attorney Dexter Wadsworth, enrolled in Jamaica on the strength of his New York qualification, resigned from the New York Bar in 2008 amid disciplinary proceedings, admitting in his affidavit of resignation that he converted large amounts of clients' funds, aided and abetted a fraudulent financial scheme, failed to maintain proper client accounts, and failed to return legal fees in disregard of a court order. He was struck from the New York roll. The Jamaican Disciplinary Committee found him guilty of egregious professional misconduct on 24 November 2021. He did not appear for mitigation. The Committee struck him from the Roll of Attorneys-at-law in Jamaica and ordered him to pay costs of $500,000 to the General Legal Council.
Duties found breached:
- Avoid wasting the court's time
- No baseless or threatened misconduct report
- No improper use of client money
- No taking unfair advantage
Aggravating factors:
- Conduct described as egregious professional misconduct
- Failure to appear or make submissions in mitigation