Opinion

In Re Furino

  • 210 N.J. 122
  • 42 A.3d 138
  • 2012 N.J. LEXIS 508
  • 2012 WL 1537804
Court
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Filed
May 2, 2012
Status
Published
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

ORDER

The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 11-176 and DRB 11-205, concluding on the records certified to the Board pursuant to

Rule

1:20—4(f)(1) (default by respondent), that RALPH V. FURINO of JAMESBURG, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1981, should be suspended from the practice of law for a period of three months for his unethical conduct in two matters, in which he violated

RPC

1.1(a) (gross neglect),

RPC

1.3 (lack of diligence),

RPC

1.4(b) (failure to communicate with client),

RPC

1.16(d) (on termination of representation, failure to surrender papers and property to

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which the elient is entitled), and

RPC

8.1 (failure to cooperate with ethics authorities);

And the Disciplinary Review Board having further concluded that prior to reinstatement to practice, respondent should be required to submit proof of his fitness to practice, and that following reinstatement, he should be required to practice law under supervision and obtain a post office box for receipt of his office mail;

And good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that RALPH V. FURINO is suspended from the practice of law for a period of three months and until the further Order of the Court, effective immediately; and it is further

ORDERED that prior to reinstatement to practice, respondent shall submit proof of his fitness to practice law as attested to by a mental health professional approved by the Office of Attorney Ethics; and it is further

ORDERED that after reinstatement to practice, respondent shall practice law under the supervision of a practicing attorney approved by the Office of Attorney Ethics, until the further of the Court; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent shall obtain and use a post office box for his law practice for receipt of mail; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent comply with

Rule

1:20-20 dealing with suspended attorneys; and it is further

ORDERED that pursuant to

Rule

l:20-20(c), respondent’s failure to comply with the Affidavit of Compliance requirement of

Rule

1:20—20(b)(15) may (1) preclude the Disciplinary Review Board from considering respondent’s petition for reinstatement for a period of up to six months from the date respondent files proof of compliance; (2) be found to constitute a violation of

RPC

8.1(b) and

RPC

8.4(c); and (3) provide a basis for an action for contempt pursuant to

Rule

1:10-2; and it is further

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ORDERED that the entire record of this matter be made a permanent part of respondent’s file as an attorney at law of this State; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent reimburse the Disciplinary Oversight Committee for appropriate administrative costs and actual expenses incurred in the prosecution of this matter, as provided in

Rule

1:20-17.

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