Sean O’Neil Kinghorn

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

The Disciplinary Committee found that attorney Sean Kinghorn breached Canon IV(r) by failing to deal with client Thomas Rose's motor vehicle accident claim with due expedition and failing to keep him informed of its progress. The attorney filed a claim in 2004 but the client remained in the dark as to its status, and the attorney failed to attend any hearings or respond to the complaint. The Committee imposed a fine of $600,000 (with $500,000 payable to the complainant) plus $6,000 costs. No dishonesty was found.

Duties found breached:

• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues

Aggravating factors:

• Egregious failure to communicate with client
• Failure to provide written explanation about the status of the case
• Delay and want of expedition between 2004 and 2008
• Failure to attend or respond to the complaint

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_fine_amount=600000"]