Attorney Mark Googins of Portland, ME; ethical misfit

The state of Maine presented Mark K. Googins with a law license in 1984 after he graduated from New York University (NYU) Law School.

The Maine Board of Bar Overseers of the found Mark guilty of the following misconduct.

In one matter, Mark failed to abide by disciplinary rules that required that she put forth efforts to ensure law firm has in effect measures giving reasonable assurance that all lawyers in the firm conform to the Rules of Professional Conduct.

As a consequence of his misconduct, the Patron Saints for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court punished Mark by gifting him with a complimentary warning.

In truth the comedians sitting on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court didn’t mete out any meaningful punishment to Mark.

As we speak (ca. June 2015) Mark practices with Verrill Dana LLP in Portland, Maine.