Chain Of Broken Promises

The New Hampshire Professional Conduct Committee recommends a three-year suspension of an attorney with 18 months stayed.

The attorney has been retained to defend a lawsuit and had neglected the matter which resulted in a “chain of broken promises…and lies he told [one of the clients that] only came to life [sic light] at the tail end of the proceedings. in an ill-executed effort to prevent a sheriffs sale of his clients personal assets.”

He falsely attributed his failures to properly defend the matter to the “most corrupt backwards shit I’ve seen in my years as an attorney” and unfairly characterized opposing counsel as “assholes” and “shitheads.”

The committee rejected mitigations based on sleep apnea. (Mike Frisch)