Reprimand For Escrow Account Issues

The New Jersey Supreme Court has reprimanded an attorney for recordkeeping deficiencies set out in the letter decision of the Disciplinary Review Board

In aggravation, respondent was previously censured, in 2021, for misconduct occurring in February 2018. However, the misconduct that gave rise to the censure did not stem from recordkeeping deficiencies and, thus, it cannot be said that respondent failed to learn from her past mistakes. Importantly, respondent’s misconduct in the instant case was diverse from the misconduct underpinning her 2021 censure. Thus, although the misconduct at issue here both predated and continued at the time of the conduct that resulted in the 2021 censure, In the Board’s view, that censure would not have served as a global sanction for her misconduct, had the matters been consolidated for review.

In mitigation, respondent expressed remorse and promptly addressed the ATA ledger card debits, inactive trust account balances, and recordkeeping deficiencies.

(Mike Frisch)