Attorney Cynthia Smith of Georgetown, TX; ethical troll

The state of Texas presented Cynthia Borgfeld Smith with a law license in 1991 after she graduated from the University of Texas School of Law.

The District 8 Grievance Committee found Cynthia guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

• Failed to contact her client for four months
• After Cynthia met with her client for the purpose of signing final paperwork evidencing an agreement between the client and her ex-husband, she failed to file the final paperwork with the court and failed to return any of the client’s attempts to communicate with Smith
• Failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Screw you, said Cynthia!)
• Ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution to her client [victim]
• Failed to file the necessary pleadings for several months in child custody matter
• Client unable to reach Cynthia concerning status of her child custody matter and the filing of pleadings
• Cynthia subsequently fired by child custody client and requested return of unearned fees
• Cynthia advised the client she would refund the unearned fees but failed to do so
• Ordered to pay $2,500 restitution to child custody client [victim]

As a direct consequence of her misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Texas Supreme Court punished Cynthia by gifting her with a complimentary stayed 1-year suspension of her law license and ordered that she pay $5,112.00 in ethics investigative costs.

As we speak (ca. June 2021), Cynthia practices her brand of law with the Law Offices of Cynthia Borgfeld at 3008 Dawn Drive in Georgetown, Texas.