Thomas A. Giamanco, Esquire | SUSPENDED

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On this date in the Gar­den State, the New Jer­sey Attor­ney Dis­ci­pline Review Board (the DRB) sus­pended Thomas A. Gia­manco, Esquire [#101449] for six months effec­tive May 7, 2009 for grossly neglect­ing a real estate mat­ter involv­ing the con­ver­sion of an office build­ing into an office con­do­minium, fail­ing to com­mu­ni­cate with the clients, fail­ing to pro­tect the clients’ inter­ests on ter­mi­na­tion of the rep­re­sen­ta­tion and fail­ing to coop­er­ate with dis­ci­pli­nary author­i­ties dur­ing the inves­ti­ga­tion of this matter.

David S. Laf­ferty appeared before the DRB for Dis­trict IIA.

Thomas appeared pro se. Does the fact Thomas appeared on his own behalf mean he had a fool for a client? Or is that a tired lawyer mar­ket­ing gimmick?

Thomas is a repeat offender of the New Jer­sey Rules of Pro­fes­sional Con­duct. He was rep­ri­manded in 1999; cen­sured in 2005; sus­pended for three months in 2006 and sus­pended for one year in 2008. Hereto­fore his aggre­gate uneth­i­cal con­duct has not risen to a level deemed mer­i­tous of dis­bar­rment by New Jer­sey bar overseers.

Were any of Thomas’ clients injured as a con­se­quence of his mis­con­duct? Was resti­tu­tion ordered? Paid?

Have there been other instances of mis­con­duct by Signor Gia­manco that haven’t been addressed by the DRB?