Sonia Jones

JurisdictionJamaica

BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)

Professionattorney

Case number110 of 1994

DateDecember 15, 1999

OutcomeSuspended, Restitution Ordered

Allegation / charges

Suspended, Restitution Ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered December 15, 1999. View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL MADE ON COMPLAINTNo. 101 of 1994 IN THE MATTER OF ALTON JOHNSON vs SONIA JONES …

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

SanctionSuspension

Suspension9 months

CostsJMD 15,000

Dishonesty foundNo

The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council found attorney Sonia Jones guilty of misconduct in a professional respect on a complaint by Alton Johnson (Complaint No. 101 of 1994). She was suspended from practice for 9 months, ordered to pay $150,000.00 in restitution to the complainant (collected via the GLC), and to pay the complainant's costs of $15,000. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

Uphold public trust in the profession

Duties engaged

Uphold public trust in the profession

Other decisions involving this respondent

9 of 2002 2002-05-11 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck Off

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Documents

📄 Decision / judgment 101 KB (archived)

Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/sonia-jones-complaint-no-110-of-1994/