Attorney John Dussi of Boston, MA; ethical elf

The state of Massachusetts presented John Dussi with a law license in 1989 after he graduated from Suffolk University School of Law.

The Board of Bar Overseers found Louie guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

• Violated trust account rules
• Failed to properly maintain their client trust accounts over several years
• Failed to perform the required three-way reconciliations of their IOLTA accounts every 60 days
• Failed to promptly distribute funds to clients and third parties, allowing money to languish in accounts for years in some cases
• Wrote at least one check on insufficient bank account (rubber)
• Problems persisted until 2018 when a hacker stole funds from four of Louie’s IOLTA accounts over the course of a month
• Louie also did not move to replenish the stolen sums until directed by bar counsel half a year later
• An investigation by the bar counsel found that three IOLTA accounts contained hundreds of uncleared checks dating back many years that had not been cashed, totaling over $111,000

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Board of Overseers punished Johnny by gifting him with a complimentary admonition.

As we speak (ca. September 2024), Johnny practices his so-called brand of law at 255 State Street in Boston, Massachusetts.