Attorney K. Douglas Thornton of Conway, SC; repeat offender

The State of South Carolina presented K. Douglas Thornton with a law license in 1983 after he graduated from the University of South Carolina.

Disciplinary Counsel of the South Carolina Supreme Court found Thornton guilty of the following misconduct.

Thornton’s 1^stbite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree  

In one matter, Thornton pled guilty to an indictment charging him with willful failure to make and file a South Carolina Income Tax Return

As a consequence of his misconduct, the Patron Saints for Attorney Misfits sitting on the South Carolina Supreme punished Thornton by gifting him with a complimentary 6-month suspension of his law license.

Thornton’s 2^ndbite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree  

• Failed to provide competent representation (Moron)
• Failed to abide by client’s decisions concerning objectives of representation
• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Failed to keep client informed about status of legal matter
• Failed to explain matter to extent necessary to permit client to make informed decisions regarding the representation
• Engaged in conduct involving fraud, deceit, dishonest or misrepresentation
• Engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice
• Entered into business transaction with client on terms that weren’t fair and reasonable
• Failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Up yours, said Thornton!)

As a consequence of his misconduct, the Patron Saints for Attorney Misfits sitting on the South Carolina Supreme punished Thornton by gifting him with a complimentary 9-month suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. April 2015), Thornton practices at 1025 Third Avenue in Conway, South Carolina.