Solicitor Kiran O’Duffy of Dublin, Ireland; ethical leprechaun

The Law Society provided Kiran P. O’Duffy with a solicitor’s license in 1978 after he graduated from Queen’s University School of Law.

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found Kiran guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

• Allowed a deficit in client monies estimated at €186,053, to arise
• Permitted the existence of debit balances in 20 client ledger accounts
• Largest debit balance was recorded in a client ledger account titled ‘KODUNREFERENCED’, where a debit balance of €173,685 was in existence
• Debit balances were created on numerous occasions when monies were taken from the client account to office account, apparently in anticipation of fees but before fees were received
• Allowed a credit balance of €177,959 on the office side of the client ledger account ‘KODUNREFERENCED’,in breach of the relevant regulation

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Solicitor Misfits sitting on the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal punished Kiran by gifting him with a complimentary censure and fined in the amount of €7,000.

As we speak (ca. July 2020), Kiran practices with O’Duffy & Associates at 37 Brighton Road in Dublin, Ireland.