Attorney John Tague III of Bronxville, NY; crook, repeat offender

The state of New York provided John Francis Tague III with a law license in 1987 after he graduated from Fordham University Law School.

The Departmental Disciplinary Committee found Johnny for engaging in the following misconduct.

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

• Commingled client funds with personal funds
• Failed to properly review trust account
• Breached fiduciary duty owed to clients
• Failed to safeguard client funds
• Engaged in conduct adversely reflecting on fitness to practice law
• Improperly wrote checks on trust account payable to cash
• Made improper disbursements from trust account to third parties
• Failed to identify bank account holding funds belonging to another
• Engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice

As a consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Grievance Committee punished Johnny by gifting him with a complimentary 3-year suspension of his law license.

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

Johnny found it acceptable to charge a client an excessive fee by billing him 50% of a settlement of $35,000 regarding his representation of a client that filed a lawsuit involving a breach of contract claim against the Archdiocese of New York.

As a consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Grievance Committee punished Johnny by gifting him with a complimentary cautionary letter.

As we speak (ca. October 2015), Johnny practices at 116 Kraft Avenue in Bronxville, New York.