Attorney Paul Coddington Jr. of Concord, NH; ethical gremlin

The state of New Hampshire presented Paul F. Coddington Jr. with a law license in 2000 after he graduated from the University of New Hampshire Law School.

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

• Failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Up yours, said Paulie!)
• Numerous financial irregularities in firm’s trust account
• Failed to perform monthly reconciliations of trust accounts
• Used firm funds to pay personal expenses
• Violated or attempted to Rules of Professional Conduct, knowingly assisted or induced another to do so, or did so through the acts of another
• Commingled client funds with personal funds
• Failed to maintain client ledgers
• Failed to maintain running balance for each client
• Failed to safeguard client property

As a consequence of his misconduct his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Professional Conduct Committee punished Paulie by gifting him with complimentary 2-year suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. March 2016), Paulie practices at 104 North State Street in Concord, New Hampshire.