Solicitor Cathal O’Donovan of Dublin, Ireland; ethical dwarf

The Law Society of Ireland presented Cathal O’Donovan with a law license in 1998 after he graduated from Queen’s University School of Law.

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

• Set off funds from an original purchase transaction of a property and subsequent sales against the solicitor’s own costs, without issuing bills or accounting properly to the client for those funds
• Failed to account for interest on the sum of £250,000, which he had held for a period of at least four months, until recommended to do so by the Registrar’s Committee and then only paid over €2,222 in interest, which was not acceptable as the total amount due to the clients
• Delayed in the transfer of client files

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Solicitor Misfits sitting on the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal punished Patty by gifting him with a complimentary admonishment and fined in the amount of €5,000.

As we speak (ca. September 2020), Cathal practices with O’Donovan Solicitors, 73 Capel Street as Patrick Carney & Company at 29 Whitworth Road in Dublin, Ireland.