Winston L. Walters

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

Complainant Nicole Shulman retained attorney Winston Walters in March 2001 to transfer property at 19 Doncaster Drive, Kingston from her father to herself, paying him sums on account of costs (receipts of $225,000 from the complainant and $216,748.20 from her father, against a bill of costs of $441,748.20; she also referenced paying approximately US$10,000). Walters did no work the complainant could ascertain and ceased communicating. He failed to respond to any of the Committee's letters and did not appear at the hearing, which proceeded in his absence on affidavit evidence. The Committee ordered him to repay $441,748.20 to the complainant and struck him from the roll of attorneys. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

• No improper communication with the court
• Proper termination and return of instructions
• No improper use of client money

Aggravating factors:

• Failed to respond to multiple communications from the Disciplinary Committee
• Did not appear at the hearing
• Failed to account for substantial client funds