Decision record
Howard A. Lettman
Allegation / charges
Struck off, Restitution ordered | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered January 25, 2020. || Guilty of Professional Misconduct | Disciplinary Committee decision delivered November 23, 2019 View PDF FORMAL ORDER OF THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL COMPLAINT …
Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision
The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (Jamaica) found attorney Howard Lettman guilty of professional misconduct in breach of Canons 1(b) and 4. Retained to act on a sale transaction and civil matters, he failed to stamp a sale agreement from sale proceeds held by him, failed to advance the transactions, and failed to account for client monies, causing loss to the complainant. No express finding of dishonesty was made. He was struck from the Roll, ordered to pay restitution of $1,083,510.00 plus 6% interest, plus costs of $25,000 to the Council and $75,000 to the complainant's estate.
Duties found breached:
Aggravating factors:
- Complainant suffered loss and was put to expense
- Attorney failed to appear and made no submissions in mitigation
⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=100000"]
Duties engaged
Other decisions involving this respondent
- 116 of 2015
- 57 of 2008
- 212 of 2017
- 215 of 2017
- 215 of 2017
- 16 of 2016
- 212 of 2017
- 16 of 2016
- 124 of 2015
- 7 of 2017
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Documents
Source: https://www.generallegalcouncil.org/judgement/howard-a-lettman-complaint-no-57-of-2008-formal-order/