Attorney Dennis Durkin of Roseland, NJ; slacker, repeat offender

The state of New Jersey presented Dennis Aloysius Durkin with a law license in 1990 after he graduated from the Seton Hall University School of Law. 

The New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics found Denny guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

Denny’s 1^st bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Engaged in gross neglect of client matters
• Failed to act with due diligence
• Failed to communicate with a client

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the New Jersey Supreme Court punished Denny by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

Denny’s 2^nd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to communicate with his client
• Failed to set forth in writing the basis or rate of his attorney’s fee
• Failed to enter into a written contingent fee agreement
• Engaged in the improper calculation of a contingent fee
• Failed to promptly deliver to the client funds that the client was entitled to receive
• Engaged in gross neglect of client matters
• Failed to comply with mandatory recordkeeping provisions
• Failed to expedite client litigation
• Failed to promptly deliver to the client funds that the client is entitled to receive
• Upon termination, failed to take steps to the extent reasonably practicable to protect a client’s interests
• Made a false statement of fact or law to a third person
• Engaged in the illegal practice of law while license suspended
• Engaged in involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation
• Engaged in conduct adversely reflecting on fitness to practice
• Failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Screw you, said Denny!)
• Filed a frivolous [BS] claim
• Committed criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer
• Involved in improper business transaction with a client

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the New Jersey Supreme Court punished Denny by gifting him with a complimentary 1-year suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. January 2021), Denny practices his brand of law in Roseland, New Jersey.