Opinion
D-133 September Term 2017 081089
09-21-2018
In the MATTER OF Keith T. SMITH, an Attorney at Law (Attorney No. 024721989)
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 17-389, concluding that as a matter of final discipline pursuant to Rule 1:20-13(c), Keith T. Smith of Egg Harbor Township , who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1989, should be suspended from the practice of law for a period of six months based on respondent's guilty plea to simple assault, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:12-la3, conduct that violates RPC 8.4(b) (commission of a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects);
And the Disciplinary Review Board having further concluded that the suspension should be consecutive to the three-month term of suspension imposed this date in D-83-17 (080676);
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that Keith T. Smith is suspended from the practice of law for a period of six months, effective January 21, 2019, and until the further Order of the Court, and it is further
ORDERED that respondent comply with Rule 1:20-20 dealing with suspended attorneys; and it is further
ORDERED that pursuant to Rule 1:20-20(c), respondent's failure to comply with the Affidavit of Compliance requirement of Rule 1:20-20(b) (15) may (1) preclude the Disciplinary Review Board from considering respondent's petition for reinstatement for a period of up to six months from the date respondent files proof of compliance; (2) be found to constitute a violation of RPC 8.1(b) and RPC 8.4(d) ; and (3) provide a basis for an action for contempt pursuant to Rule 1:10-2; 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.