Decision record
Damianos, Michael Anthony (Aka Michael Anthony)
Allegation / charges
1. Wilfully breached Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act,1987 - handling of trust monies 2. Without his clients' authority or knowledge, used security documents held by him on their behalf to obtain an advance of monies and which monies he then used for his own purposes 3. Purported to witness signatures on security documents which he knew were not those of the persons whose signatures they purported to be 4. Breached Section 62 of the Legal Profession Act, 1987 - keeping of trust accounts 5. Misappropriated trust funds — Professional Misconduct
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The practitioner was found guilty of professional misconduct for wilfully breaching sections 61 and 62 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 regarding trust monies and trust accounts, using clients' security documents without their authority to obtain advances he applied to his own purposes, falsely witnessing signatures he knew were not genuine, and misappropriating trust funds. No sanction is recorded in the provided text.
Duties found breached:
- Uphold public trust in the profession
- Handle inadvertently received material
- No improper use of client money
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]
Duties engaged
Documents
No documents recorded.
Source: https://portal.olsc.nsw.gov.au/dasearchbn/daresultdetail/?id=f55ba7df-b633-eb11-bf74-000d3ad1941e