Gregory M.D. Lopez

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

The Disciplinary Committee found attorney Gregory Lopez guilty of professional misconduct for failing to account to two elderly executor clients for proceeds of numerous land sales from estates he handled (properties sold in 2012 for sums including $3,300,000, $1,200,000 and $3,100,000), failing to provide information on the progress of their business, and acting with deplorable negligence over a period from 2004-2013. The Committee found no mitigating factors and noted he was a serial offender already struck off. He was struck from the Roll and ordered to pay costs of $500,000. No express finding of dishonesty was made.

Duties found breached:

• Uphold public trust in the profession
• Act only on proper, lawful instructions
• No conflict between current clients
• No improper use of client money

Aggravating factors:

• Serial offender - already struck from the Rolls
• No attempt to remedy or ameliorate his treatment of the complainants
• Victims were two elderly retired ladies whose trust was abused
• Failure to file an Affidavit in response and contempt for complainants and the Committee
• Failed to attend the sanction hearing