Attorney Daniel Cronin of Norwell, MA; ethical leprechaun

The state of Massachusetts presented Daniel F. Cronin with a law license in 1980 after he graduated from Boston University Law School.

The Board of Bar Overseers found Danny guilty of the following misconduct.

• Record keeping of trust account generally inadequate and insufficient
• Failed to maintain ledgers for each transaction or an accurate and complete check register
• Failed to reference case names or numbers on deposit tickets or on paid checks, making it difficult or impossible to match certain deposits and disbursements
• Wrote checks to title examiners and other similar types of creditors combining payments of bills for multiple files, without maintaining any record detailing the amount paid
• on individual files
• On numerous occasions made disbursements that didn’t match the amounts shown on HUD-1 settlement statements
• Never reconciled his trust account
• While acting as informal trustee for elderly client he failed to set up an individual trust account for the client as he was required to do
• Engaged in negligent misuse of client funds over a two-year period of time
• Failed to maintain a separate, individual interest-bearing account for funds of a client’s living trust that were not nominal in amount or held for a short period of time

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Board of Overseers punished Danny by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

As we speak (ca. April 2019) Danny practices with the Law Office of Daniel F. Cronin at 167 Washington Street in Norwell, Massachusetts.

CAUTION: Danny does not carry legal malpractice insurance