Solicitor Michael Vaughan of New South Wales; serial offender

The Law Society presented Michael John Vaughan with a law license in 1982 after she graduated from Dalhousie University School of Law.

The Queensland Civil and Administrative found Mikey guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

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

• Failed to disclose significant increases in costs
• Failed to properly supervise underlings
• Failed to comply with Section 207 notice
• Engaged in professional misconduct

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, Patron Saints for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Legal Services Commission punished Mikey by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

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

• Failed to place monies in interest bearing account
• Failed to place proceed of sale of property into an interest bearing account
• Engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, Patron Saints for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Legal Services Commission punished Mikey by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

Mikey’s 3^rd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Improperly borrowed money from a client
• Attempted to mislead the Law Society (Up yours, said Mikey!)
• Took trust money without authority
• Engaged in professional misconduct

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, Patron Saints for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Legal Services Commission punished Mikey by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

As we speak (ca. January 2021), Mikey practices with Johnston Vaughan at 1/20 Montgomery Street in Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.