Marie Judy-Ann Chambers

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

The Respondent attorney was retained in 2004 to note her late husband's death on a title, collected the Certificate of Title, but failed to complete the work over 7 years and ignored repeated requests for information and return of documents. The Committee found her guilty of professional misconduct for failing to act with due expedition and inexcusable negligence. She was fined $200,000 payable to the complainant, ordered to return documents forthwith (else a 6-month suspension), and ordered to pay $50,000 costs. No dishonesty was found.

Duties found breached:

• Overriding duty to the court
• No improper communication with the court
• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Report serious misconduct of others

Aggravating factors:

• Retained 7 years earlier and still failed to perform the business
• Refused to provide explanation or return client's documents despite repeated requests
• Never responded to the complaint and failed to attend any hearings

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_suspension_months=6"]