Attorney Joseph Hornick of McEwen, TN; liar, serial offender

The state of Tennessee provided Joseph L. Hornick with a law license in 1992 after he graduated from the University of Detroit School of Law. 

The Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility found Joey guilty of the following misconduct.

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

• Failed to properly account for a portion of client’s settlement
• Failed to have or create settlement sheet for his client
• Failed to create client ledger as required by trust accounting rules
• Failed to properly document trust receipts and disbursements
• Failed to correctly document checks disbursed as attorney’s fees
• Commingled client funds with personal funds

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Tennessee Supreme Court punished Joey by gifting him with a complimentary 30-day suspension of his law license.

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

• Engaged in illegal practice of law while license suspended

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Tennessee Supreme Court punished Joey by gifting him with a complimentary censure.

Joey’s 3^rd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Failed to promptly file client’s divorce action
• Misinformed (lied) to client regarding payment of court costs
• Engaged in conduct involving fraud, deceit, dishonest or misrepresentation
• Made false and misleading statements to ethics investigators (Screw you, said Joey!)

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Tennessee Supreme Court punished Joey by gifting him with a complimentary 45-day suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. August 2018) Joey  practices at 100 Court Square in McEwen, Tennessee.