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Attorney John Nealon of Hopkinton, MA; lying loser
The state of Massachusetts presented John Anthony Nealon with a law license in 1983.
The Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers found John guilty of the following misconduct.
In one matter, John represented a husband and wife in regards to their efforts to purchase property from a builder, who also was to build them a house on the property. Later on the builder repudiated the contact to sell the property to the clients. John then advised the clients to file a lawsuit against the builder, which they agreed to do. However, Johnny never advised his clients of his hourly rate or provide them with a proposed written fee agreement.
Eventually the builder agreed to settle for $25,000. Johnny received a $25,000 check from the builder’s attorney along with a release to be signed by his clients. The attorney advised Johnny to hold the check in escrow until his receipt of an executed release.
Johnny then deposited the $25,000 into his trust account and immediately paid himself $15,000 as claimed fees. Johnny did not tell his clients of his receipt of the $25,000 or the $15,000 payment of fees.
Two months later, Johnny finally notified his clients by letter of his receipt of the $25,000 settlement check and sent them the release to be signed. In his letter, Johnny falsely said, “I have to hold the settlement check in escrow until I return the fully executed release.”
As one would suspect, this wasn’t John’s 1st bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree. He previously received a complimentary admonition for engaging in a variety of misconduct.
As a consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Board of Bar Overseers punished John by gifting him with a complimentary 60-day suspension of his law license..
As we speak (ca. May 2013) John practices with Nealon & Nealon at 87 Elm Street in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
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