Attorney Thomas Dixon III of Dallas; ethical leprechaun

The state of Texas presented Thomas E. Dixon III with a law license in 1982 after he graduated from the University of Texas Law School.

The 55th District Court of Harris County found Tommy guilty of the following misconduct.

• Improperly provided financial assistance to client
• Failed to notify client of receipt of funds owning to client
• Improperly formed partnership with non-lawyer
• Knowingly fail to disclose a material fact to a third person when disclosure is necessary to avoid making the lawyer a party to a criminal act or knowingly assisting a fraudulent act perpetrated by a client
• Made false statement of material fact or law to third person
• Failed to properly supervise office staff
• Solicited future clients with communications that were false, fraudulent, misleading deceptive or contained unfair statements or claims
• Shared or promised to share fees with non-lawyer
• Improperly solicited prospective clients (ambulance chasing 101)
• Charged or collected a clearly excessive or illegal fee
• Solicitations for prospective clients contained communications involving coercion, duress, fraud, overreaching, intimidation, undue influence, or harassment
• Knowingly violated rules or assisted or induced another to do so, or did so through the acts of another, whether or not such violation occurred in the course of a client-lawyer relationship
• Engaged in conduct that constitutes vexatious litigation

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the Patron Saints for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Texas Supreme Court punished Tommy by gifting him with a complimentary 5-year suspension of his law license.  

As we speak (ca. June 2017), Tommy practices at 4514 Cole Avenue in Dallas, Texas.