From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

In re Antonas

Supreme Court of New Jersey
Mar 11, 1999
725 A.2d 12 (N.J. 1999)

Opinion

March 11, 1999.


ORDER

The Disciplinary Review Board on October 16, 1998, having filed with the Court its decision concluding that JOHN L. ANTONAS, formerly of EDISON, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1977, should be reprimanded for violating RPC 1.1(a) (gross neglect) and RPC 8.4(d) (conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice);

And the Disciplinary Review Board having further concluded that respondent should be required to pay the contempt fine of $2,000 imposed by the Superior Court in the Idowu matter, if the fine remains outstanding;

And good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that JOHN L. ANTONAS is hereby reprimanded; and it is further.

ORDERED that within thirty days of the filing date of this order or as otherwise permitted by the Clerk of the Superior Court, respondent shall pay the contempt fine of $2,000 imposed by the Superior Court in the Idowu matter; 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 incurred in the prosecution of this matter.


Summaries of

In re Antonas

Supreme Court of New Jersey
Mar 11, 1999
725 A.2d 12 (N.J. 1999)
Case details for

In re Antonas

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF JOHN L. ANTONAS, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW

Court:Supreme Court of New Jersey

Date published: Mar 11, 1999

Citations

725 A.2d 12 (N.J. 1999)
725 A.2d 12

Citing Cases

State v. Richards

The judge summarized his findings of fact based upon the testimony of Officer Leeper which was "essentially…

In re Picker

See, e.g., In re Frankfurt, 164 N.J. 596 (2000) (reprimand for attorney who, after accepting a case from the…