Attorney Tilman Gerald of DC; ethical misfit

The District of Columbia Bar presented Tilman L. Gerald with a law license in 1978 after he graduated from Howard University Law School.

The DC Bar Counsel found Tilman guilty of the following misconduct.

In one matter, Tilman obtained a garnishment of the opposing party’s wages to satisfy his client’s judgment.

However, Tilman failed to timely disburse the full share of the judgment that his client was lawfully entitled to receive, after Tilman paid a fee to himself and after the client had fired him.

As a consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the DC Bar Counsel punished Tilman by gifting him with a complimentary admonition.

As we speak (ca. October 2014), Tilman practices with the Law Office of Tilman L. Gerald at 1220 L Street NW in Washington, DC.