Bipolar solicitor lost €242k in a ‘classic scam’
No client of James J Maher, formerly practising as a partner in James Maher & Co, Essex Quay, Dublin, was left out of pocket because he subsequently got an inheritance from an uncle to enable him pay the money back, the court also heard.
Mr Maher, aged 53, was subsequently diagnosed as having suffered from bi-polar disorder throughout his life.
