Attorney Michael Balint of Hamilton Township, NJ; slacker, repeater

The state of New Jersey presented Michal P. Balint with a law license in 1976 after he graduated from Rutgers University Law School. 

The New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics found Mike guilty of the following misconduct.

Mike’s 1^st bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Engaged in gross neglect
• Failed to communicate with client
• Failed to expedite client litigation
• Failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Up yours, said Mike!)
• Failed to safeguard client funds
• Failed to promptly pay funds owing to client

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the New Jersey Supreme Court punished Mike by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

Mike’s 2^nd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Negligently misappropriated (stole) client funds
• Failed to comply with recordkeeping requirements
• Failed to safeguard client funds
• Engaged in a pattern of neglect
• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the New Jersey Supreme Court punished Mike by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

As we speak (ca. June 2017) Mike practices in Hamilton Township, New Jersey.