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Howard A. Lettman

JurisdictionJamaica
BodyGeneral Legal Council — Disciplinary Committee (GLC)
Professionattorney
Case number212 of 2017
DateJune 01, 2019
OutcomeGuilty of Professional Misconduct

Allegation / charges

Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered June 01, 2019 || Struck off | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered November 23, 2019 View PDF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT NO: 212/2017 IN …

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

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The Panel found that attorney Howard Lettman was retained by the complainant to sell property in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth for $8.2M, received the duplicate certificate of title, but failed to complete the sale, failed to communicate progress, and did not return the title or proceeds. Applying the criminal standard, the Panel found him guilty of professional misconduct in breach of Canons I(b), IV(r) and IV(s). No dishonesty finding was made. A further hearing date was set to allow mitigation before sanction.

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
  • 57 of 2008 2019-11-23 · GLC · Jamaica · Guilty of Professional Misconduct
  • 212 of 2017 2019-11-23 · GLC · Jamaica · Struck off
  • 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
  • 16 of 2016 2019-05-25 · 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-212-of-2017/