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In re Hamill

Supreme Court of New Jersey
May 10, 2007
920 A.2d 1227 (N.J. 2007)

Opinion

May 10, 2007.


ORDER

The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 06-310, concluding on the record certified to the Board pursuant to Rule 1:20-4(f) (default by respondent), that JOHN F. HAMILL, JR., of JERSEY CITY, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1980, should be reprimanded for violating RPC 1.16(d) (failure to protect a client's interests on termination of representation) and RPC 8.1(b) (failure to comply with lawful demand for information from a disciplinary authority), and good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that JOHN F. HAMILL, JR., is hereby reprimanded; 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 Over-sight Committee for appropriate administrative costs and actual expenses incurred in the prosecution of this matter, as provided in Rule 1:20-17.


Summaries of

In re Hamill

Supreme Court of New Jersey
May 10, 2007
920 A.2d 1227 (N.J. 2007)
Case details for

In re Hamill

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF JOHN F. HAMILL, JR., AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (ATTORNEY NO…

Court:Supreme Court of New Jersey

Date published: May 10, 2007

Citations

920 A.2d 1227 (N.J. 2007)
920 A.2d 1227

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