Attorney Joseph Paradiso of Ontario, CAN; serial offender

The Law Society of Upper Canada presented  Joseph Paradiso with a law license in 1992 after he graduated from the University of Ottawa Law School.

The Hearing Committee for the Law Society found  Brian guilty of the following misconduct.

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

• Engaged in professional misconduct
• Misled [lied] to Court of Appeal regarding consent he received for filing of extension to file client’s appeal when in fact he did not have such consent
• Failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Screw you, said Brian!)

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Hearing Committee punished Joey by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand and ordered to pay costs of $1,000 to the Law Society.

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

• Dispersed trust funds held on behalf of his client from his trust account in contravention of client’s direction and to the detriment of an unrepresented party
• Engaged in professional misconduct

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Hearing Committee punished Joey by gifting him with a complimentary 4-month suspension of his law license and ordered to pay costs of $4,000 to the Law Society.

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

• Engaged in a conflict of interest without disclosure or adequate disclosure of the conflict
• Engaged in professional misconduct
• Failed to advise clients re: conflict to seek independent legal advise
• In two private mortgage transactions where represented the borrower and lender
• Failed to be honest and candid with his lender client
• Failed to disclose material facts relevant to two transactions concerning the borrower
• Acted in two private mortgage transactions for both the lender and the borrower, where the loan in each case exceeded $50,000
• Acted without integrity by failing to report two private mortgage transactions in his Lawyer's Annual Report

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Hearing Committee punished Joey by gifting him with a complimentary 9-month suspension of his law license and ordered to pay costs of $10,000 to the Law Society.

As we speak (ca. December 2018), Joey practices with Paradiso & Associates at 216 Chrislea Road in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada.