Opinion
D-5-2021
06-14-2022
In the Matter of A. Charles Peruto, Jr., An Attorney At Law (Attorney No. 032911981)
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 21-004, concluding that A. Charles Peruto, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1981, should be censured for violating RPC 1.3 (lack of diligence), RPC 1.4(b)(failure to keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter and to promptly comply with reasonable requests for information), RPC 1,4(c)(failure to explain a matter to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the client to make informed decisions regarding the representation), RPC 5.1(b) and (c) (failure to supervise a subordinate lawyer), RPC 1.15(b)(failure to promptly deliver to the client any funds or other property that the client is entitled to receive), RPC 1.16(c)(failure to comply with applicable law requiring notice to or permission of a tribunal when terminating a representation), and RPC 1.16(d)(failure to protect a client's interests on termination of representation and to refund the unearned portion of the fee);
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that A. Charles Peruto, Jr., 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.
WITNESS, the Honorable Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice, at Trenton, this 14thday of June, 2022.