► Attorney Q. Byrum Hurst, Jr. of Hot Springs, AR; serial offender, loser Print E-mail
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Attorney Q. Byrum Hurst, Jr. of Hot Springs, AR; serial offender, loser

 
The state of Arkansas presented Q. Byrum Hurst, Jr. with a law license in 1974
 
The Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct has found Q. Byrum guilty of misconduct on ten (10) separate occasions as set forth in the table below.
 
Date
Sanction
 
Date
Sanction
Mar 1983
complimentary reprimand
 
Aug 1994
complimentary reprimand
April 1996
complimentary reprimand
 
April 2002
complimentary caution
Dec 2003
complimentary reprimand
 
Oct 2004
complimentary reprimand
July 2005
complimentary caution
 
Sept 2007
complimentary caution
May 2009
complimentary caution
 
May 2012
complimentary reprimand
 
 
 
 
 
 
Some of the specific misconduct Q. Byrum was found guilty of are as follows:
  1. Failed to respond to repeated telephonic calls from client
  2. Refused to meet with client who was imprisoned across the street from Q. Bynum’s office
  3. Failed to give client reasonable amount of time to retain new counsel before withdrawing
  4. Refused to respond to client’s request to return unearned
  5. Failed to return client files to client after he was discharged
  6. Failed to take reasonable steps to protect client’s interest after being discharged
  7. Failed to comply with mandatory Appeal Court filing rules
  8. Failed to act with reasonable diligence (slacker)
  9. Failed to provide competent legal representation (moron)
Refusing to refund unearned fees
 
Q. Byrum failed to refund unearned fees to several clients and only did so after ethics complaints were filed against him. In one matter he failed to refund $25,000 and in another $2,300 in unearned fees.
 
As a consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Arkansas Supreme Court punished Q. Byrum by gifting him with his sixth (6th) complimentary reprimand.
 
As we speak (ca. October 2012) Q. Byrum practices at 518 Ouachita Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
 
 

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