► Attorney David Dorfman of Princeton, NJ; convicted Dumbo |
Attorney David Dorfman of Princeton, NJ; convicted Dumbo The state of The Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Judicial Department in
In one matter, David lied to a client, Ricky Baker, in a resume in regards to being hired by Baker to file a lawsuit against the New York City Dept of Health as a result of a medical testing error. However, David failed to file a timely notice of claim that resulted in the dismissal of the action.
Subsequently, Ricky sued David for legal malpractice and fraud. A federal jury found that David had induced Ricky to hire him by furnishing a resume that patently misrepresented his experience as a litigator. The jury awarded Ricky $360,000 in compensatory and punitive damages of $25,000. As a consequence of his misconduct, the patron saints for Attorney Misfits sitting on the State Disciplinary Commission punished David by gifting him with a complimentary 1-year suspension of his law license. As we speak (ca. March 2014), David practices at
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