Attorney Dorothy Wright of Green Brook, NJ; serial offender

The state of New Jersey presented Dorothy L. Wright with a law license in 1976 after he graduated from Syracuse University School of Law.

The New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics found Johnny guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

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

• Failed to communicate the basis or rate of the fee in writing to Ms. Fitzpatrick either prior to or within a reasonable time after beginning the representation
• Failed to advise your client that your fees would be paid first from the monthly payments to the trustee in bankruptcy
• Failed to explain the retainer agreement or arrangement for payment of fee through the trustee confused the matter significantly
• Failed to provide the details of the fee arrangement to his client
• Conduct adversely reflected not only upon you as an attorney but also on members of the bar

As a direct consequence of her misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the New Jersey Supreme Court punished Dorothy by gifting her with a complimentary admonition.

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

• Failed to keep the client reasonably informed about the status of a matter
• Failed to promptly comply with client’s reasonable requests for information
• Failed to set out the basis or rate of the fee in writing
• Failed to provide a formal bill to her client

As a direct consequence of her misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the New Jersey Supreme Court punished Dorothy by gifting her with a complimentary reprimand.

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

• Engaged in gross neglect
• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Failed to withdraw from a representation when good cause for the withdrawal exists
• Failed to communicate with her client
• Engaged in a pattern of gross neglect
• Failed to maintain client confidential information
• Failed to maintain a normal client-lawyer relationship with a client whose capacity to make adequately considered decisions in connection with the representation is diminished
• Failed to take reasonably necessary protective action and, in appropriate cases, seeking the appointment of a guardian ad litem, conservator, or guardian, when she reasonably believes that a client has diminished capacity, is at risk of substantial physical, financial or other harm unless action is taken and the lawyer cannot adequately act in the client’s own interest
• Failed to withdraw from a representation when it would result in a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct or other law

As a direct consequence of her misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the New Jersey Supreme Court punished Dorothy by gifting her with a complimentary reprimand.

As we speak (ca. August 2020), Dorothy practices her so-called brand of law in Green Brook, New Jersey.