Benjamin Crittenden repeatedly refused to communicate with his clients, appear in court and disperse settlement funds, according to an state Supreme Court order issued Friday.
Updated: 29 seconds agoAn Anchorage attorney has lost his ability to practice law in Alaska over accusations he neglected his clients, spent some of their money for his own benefit, and didn’t properly dispense settlement payments, according to an Alaska Supreme Court order issued Friday.
Crittenden could not be reached for comment Friday. The order said he was dealing with personal issues and received conflicting diagnoses in the spring and summer of 2022 and experienced vestibular vertigo that “interfered with work and personal life routines.” In one case, Crittenden’s refusal to distribute settlement funds to clients left them in such a dire financial situation that they told him they became homeless, the order said. In another, Crittenden’s failure to show up for court appearances led to an arrest warrant being issued for his client, it said.The bar association consolidated the complaints into a single investigation and recommended disbarment in April, Shanahan said.
The mother repeatedly texted, called and emailed Crittenden as their increasingly dire financial situation and her health issues meant they needed money from the settlement to pay rent and bills, the document said. In the months that followed, the woman told Crittenden she had been “literally sleeping in my car and rest stops with my family,” it said.
A woman who hired Crittenden in 2019 for a case involving a misdemeanor driving offense said he failed to appear at any hearings and would not respond to her, according to the order.
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