Attorney Brian Katonak of Aiken, SC; slacker, repeat offender

The State of South Carolina presented Brian Austin Katonak with a law license in 1992 after he graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the South Carolina Supreme Court found Brian guilty of the following misconduct.

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

• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Failed to keep client informed of status of matter
• Failed to comply with client information requests

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Judicial Misfits sitting on the South Carolina Supreme Court punished Brian by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

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

• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Upon being terminated Brian failed to take reasonable steps to protect client interests
• Failed to promptly delivery funds to a client or third party
• Failed to provide competent representation (Moron)
• Failed to communicate with his client
• Failed to fully cooperate with ethics investigators (Screw you, said Brian!)
• Failed to keep client informed of status of matter
• Failed to comply with client information requests
• Failed to timely provide responses to the interrogatories and requests for production to opposing counsel
• Knowingly disobeyed the rules of a tribunal (Up yours, said Brian!)
• Engaged in a pattern of misconduct

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Judicial Misfits sitting on the South Carolina Supreme Court punished Brian by gifting him with a complimentary 1-year suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. November 2022), Brain practices his so-called brand of law with the Law Office of Brian Katonak PA at 135 Chesterfield Street in Aiken, South Carolina