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Attorney Valerie Hibbert of Lansdowne, PA; dimwitted slacker

 

The state of Pennsylvania provided Valerie Andrine Hibbert with a law license in 1995 after she graduated from Loyola University School of Law.

 

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel found Valerie guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

  • Testimony at ethics hearing determined to strain credulity
  • Failed to provide competent representation (dimwit)
  • Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
  • Failed to fully cooperate with ethics investigators (Screw you, said Valerie!)
  • Failed to maintain individual client ledgers or conduct monthly reconciliations
  • Held over $10,000 as escrow agent for over ten years without ever distributing the funds to the rightful owners
  • Commingled client funds with her personal funds
  • Failed to advise her client in writing that she did not carry legal malpractice insurance as she was required to do
  • Accepted advance payments of legal fees that she failed to maintain in a trust account or IOLTA until earned
  • Deficient client representation led to client loss of pursuing legal matter
  • Failed to serve copy of notice of appeal on opposing party
  • Gross negligence led to client’s appeal being dismissed

As a direct consequence of her misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court punished Valerie by gifting her with a complimentary 1-year suspension of her law license, effective on April 27, 2021.

 

As we speak (ca. June 2021), Valeri practices his so-called brand of law with Hibbert & Associates PC at 22 North Lansdowne Avenue in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.

 

CAUTION:Valerie does not carry legal malpractice insurance.