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Howard A. Lettman

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number16 of 2016
DateMay 25, 2019
OutcomeGuilty of Professional Misconduct

Allegation / charges

Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered May 25, 2019. || Suspended until Restitution Complete | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered June 22, 2019. View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: …

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

SanctionNo Order
Dishonesty foundNo

The Attorney was retained in 1994 to act on the purchase of land in Manchester and received a $200,000 deposit from the Complainant. The sale was never completed, the land became unavailable, and despite repeated requests the deposit was never refunded (almost 14 years later). The Attorney failed to attend any hearings or file a response. Applying the beyond reasonable doubt standard, the Panel accepted the Complainant's uncontroverted evidence and found the Attorney guilty of professional misconduct for breach of multiple canons. No sanction is stated in this decision (findings of guilt only).

Duties found breached:

Duties engaged

Other decisions involving this respondent

  • 116 of 2015 2020-02-15 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct, Struck off
  • 57 of 2008 2020-01-25 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Restitution ordered
  • 212 of 2017 2019-11-23 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off
  • 57 of 2008 2019-11-23 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct
  • 215 of 2017 2019-11-13 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off, Restitution Ordered
  • 215 of 2017 2019-07-20 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct
  • 16 of 2016 2019-06-22 · GLC · Jamaica · Suspended until Restitution Complete
  • 212 of 2017 2019-06-01 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct
  • 124 of 2015 2019-03-09 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct
  • 7 of 2017 2018-07-28 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off

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Documents

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/howard-a-lettman-complaint-no-16-of-2016/