Solicitor Stephen Roche of Australia; serial thief

The Law Society presented Stephen Francis Roche with a law license in 1987.

The Bar Association of Queensland found Stevie guilty of the following misconduct.

• Failed to discharge fiduciary duties to client
• Engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct
• Engaged in gross overcharging of fees (thief)

Roche and his firm billed client $300 an hour for the following:

• Work performed by secretaries
• Attempting to make phone calls to client, which went unanswered
• Trying to call persons who were unavailable to take the calls
• Making a copy of an account received by firm
• Preparing form asking account department to issue check
• Searching for documents and files in the firm’s possession
• Typing of formal letters by staff performing secretarial duties
• Arranging accommodations for solicitors
• Internal telephone calls and emails between office staff

As a consequence of his misconduct, the Patron Saints for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Queensland Bar punished Stevie by gifting him with a complimentary 12-month suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. June 2016), Stevie practices with Shine Roche McGowan at 126 Russell Street, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia