|
Attorney Alvin Douglass Jr. of DC; repeat offender
The DC Bar presented Alvin Gilbert Douglass Jr. with a law license in 1979.
The DC Bar Counsel found Alvin guilty of the following misconduct.
Alvin’s 1st bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree
- Failed to provide competent representation (Moron)
- Failed to pursue client’s legal objectives
- Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
- Failed to act with reasonable promptness in estate matter
As a consequence of him misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the DC Bar Counsel punished Alvin by gifting him with a complimentary censure.
Alvin’s 2nd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree
- Failed to provide competent representation (Dufus)
- Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
- Failed to explain adequately terms of transaction whereby Alvin acquired a monetary interest adverse to his client’s interest
- Faield to surrender client papers to client he was entitled too after being fired
- Failed to take action to prosecute client’s personal injury claim against cruise line and allowed it to languish for two years
- Failed to discuss alternatives regarding medical care providers’ medical treatments
- Never provided theory of liability or settlement demand on client’s behalf
- Failed to research applicable statute of limitations
- Refused to return client’s file unless client signed a note confessing liability to Alvin on his claim for attorney fees
As a consequence of him misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the DC Bar Counsel punished Alvin by gifting him with a complimentary 90-day suspension of his law license.
As we speak (ca. January 2015), Alvin practices with the Law Offices of A. Gilbert Douglass at 3025 Ontario Road NW in Washington, DC.
|
