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Lawyer Name:Pizzinga, Vincent John
Lawyer Type:Solicitor
Date/s of Admission/s: 20-Dec-1989
Law Practice:
(Formerly) Pizzinga & Associates
Business Address or Former Address:
(Formerly) 74 St Pauls Street Randwick NSW 2031
Place of Issue of Practising Certificate:New South Wales
Substance of Conduct Matter:

1. Misappropriated trust funds<BR/>2. Intermingled trust funds <BR/>3. Provided to the Trust Account Investigator and to a third party trust account statements or trust ledgers that did not disclose the true position in respect of trust monies<BR/>4. Mislead the Investigator on numerous occasions during his investigation<BR/>5. Numerous breaches of the Legal Profession Act 2004 and accompanying Legal Profession Regulations 2005<BR/>6. Breached Rules 12 and 34 of the Revised Professional Conduct and Practice Rules 1995 <BR/>7. Failed to disclose his costs<BR/>8. Failed to provide an itemised bill for costs to a client for a period of 4 months<BR/>

Finding:Professional Misconduct
Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct
By:Legal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
Date: 16-Oct-2012
Disciplinary Action:
Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers
Proceedings Instituted By:Council of the Law Society of New South Wales
Citation:

[<A HREF="http://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/action/PJUDG?jgmtid=161299&quot;&gt;Council of the Law Society of NSW v Pizzinga [2012] NSWADT 211</A>]