Decision record
Howard A. Lettman
Allegation / charges
Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered July 28, 2018. || RESULT: Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered March 24, 2018. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 7/2017 IN …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Attorney, Howard Lettman, was found guilty of professional misconduct for failing to account to the complainant for proceeds of a land sale ($5,873,750.00), failing to provide information and deal with the business with due expedition, and inexcusable negligence. The Panel proceeded in his absence as he did not attend despite proper service. Applying Bolton v Law Society principles and noting the Attorney had already been struck off in a separate matter for dishonest behavior, the Panel ordered him struck off the Roll and to pay costs of $100,000 (split $50,000 to the complainant and $50,000 to the General Legal Council). No express finding of dishonesty was made in relation to the conduct at issue in this complaint.
Duties found breached:
- No improper communication with the court
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Handle inadvertently received material
- No improper use of client money
Aggravating factors:
- Attorney had already been struck off the roll for dishonest behavior in a separate matter
- Failure to attend both the hearing and sanction hearing despite proper service
- Failed to pay client proceeds of sale ($5,873,750.00) despite repeated requests
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["review_dishonesty_finding_cue_present"]
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
- 16 of 2016
- 212 of 2017
- 16 of 2016
- 124 of 2015
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