Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2013

In re Aponte

Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided September 5, 2013

215 N.J. 298; 72 A.3d 243; 2013 WL 4766398; 2013 N.J. LEXIS 836

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

Mortgage Grader, Inc. v. Ward & Olivo, LLP (075310) (N.J. 2016)
Mortgage Grader, Inc. v. Ward & Olivo, L.L.P., and John Olivo, Esq., and John Ward, Esq. (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2014)

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Opinion of the Court

ORDER

The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 12-371 and DRB 13-064, concluding that ERNEST A. APONTE of ATLANTIC CITY, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 2005, should be censured for violating RPC 1.1(a) (gross neglect), RPC 1.1(b) (pattern of neglect), RPC 1.3 (lack of diligence), RPC 1.15(d) and Rule 1:21-6 (recordkeeping violations), Rule l:21-lA(a)(3) (failure to maintain liability insur*299anee while practicing as a professional corporation), RPC 5.4(a) (sharing legal fees with a non-lawyer), RPC 5.4(b) (forming a partnership with a non-lawyer), and RPC 5.5(a) (practicing law in a jurisdiction where doing so violates the regulation of the legal profession in that jurisdiction), and good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that ERNEST A. APONTE is hereby censured; and it is further

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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