Jan 30, 2013 1:17 PM
A prominent Westhampton Beach attorney was reprimanded by the State Supreme Court Appellate Division earlier this month on grounds that he purposely misrepresented the size of a cement business in the village when filing a deed during the late 1990s on behalf of a former client.
According to a written opinion issued on January 9 by the Grievance Committee for the 10th Judicial District, James N. Hulme, a partner with Kelly & Hulme, P.C., on Mill Road, was censured due to “acts of professional misconduct” outlined in an April 8, 2011, petition filed against him in the State Supreme Court. The petition charged that while Mr. Hulme was representing Josephine Carnevale, the owner of Speonk Materials Corp. and J.R.C. Land Co., both located on Hazelwood Avenue in Westhampton Beach, Mr. Hulme... more
According to a written opinion issued on January 9 by the Grievance Committee for the 10th Judicial District, James N. Hulme, a partner with Kelly & Hulme, P.C., on Mill Road, was censured due to “acts of professional misconduct” outlined in an April 8, 2011, petition filed against him in the State Supreme Court. The petition charged that while Mr. Hulme was representing Josephine Carnevale, the owner of Speonk Materials Corp. and J.R.C. Land Co., both located on Hazelwood Avenue in Westhampton Beach, Mr. Hulme... more
But note the lead sentence in the story: "A prominent Westhampton Beach attorney..."
"Prominent" usually gets a free pass in such cases.
Still, Westhampton Beach lawyers are being exposed more and more over the past several years -- there's these two, three others disbarred, one of whom is in prison. Something in the ...more water there?
Oh well, two wrongs don't make a right, but two Wrights did make ...more an airplane...