Attorney Barry Dolgoff of Williamsville, NY; ethical gremlin   

The state of New York presented Barry Saul Dolgoff with a law license in 1992 after he graduated from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

The Departmental Disciplinary Committee found Barry guilty of the following misconduct.

• Withdrew $149,000 of client trust funds for personal use
• Failed to make and retain required records concerning transactions involving funds received by him in relation to his practice of law
• Failed to identify trust account as an “attorney special account”
• Misappropriated (stole) client funds
• Commingled client funds with personal funds
• Engaged in conduct adversely reflecting on fitness to practice
• Failed to maintain required trust records for seven years
• Failed to make contemporaneous and accurate entries of all financial transactions in his records of receipts and disbursements
• Disregarded a ruling of a tribunal during course of a proceeding
• Engaged in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation
• Engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Departmental Disciplinary Committee punished Barry by gifting him with a complimentary 1-year suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. February 2017), Barry practices at 300 International Drive in Williamsville, New York.