► Attorney Dennis Jones of Abingdon, VA; ethical dwarf

The state of Virginia presented Dennis Jones with a law license in 1974 after he graduated from the University of Tennessee Law School.

The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board found Dennis guilty of the following misconduct.

In one matter, Denny transferred $6,500 of funds belong to a client as the result of a settlement to his personal account to cover a check he had written to the IRS. The reason he did so was because his attorney account didn’t have sufficient funds to cover the $18,000 check payable to the I.R.S.

When he wrote the insufficient check to the I.R.S., Denny knew his account couldn’t cover it, so he called the bank and instructed an employee to withdraw the $6,500 from a client’s trust account and deposit it into his account.

As a consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Disciplinary Board punished Dennis by giving him with a complimentary 60-day suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. Jan 2014), Dennis practices with Dennis E. Jones & Associates, P.C. at 110 Abingdon Place in Abingdon, Virginia.