Opinion
2014-12-12
In the Matter of Efthemois D. VELAHOS, an Attorney at Law (Attorney No. 038341989).
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 14–055, concluding that EFTHEMOIS D. VELAHOS of WOODBURY, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1991, should be censured for violating RPC 5.4(b) (partnership with a non-lawyer in the practice of law), RPC 5.5(a)( l ) (failure to maintain liability insurance while practicing as a limited liability company and practicing law in a jurisdiction where doing so violates the regulation of the legal profession in that jurisdiction), RPC 8.4(b) (committing a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer) and RPC 8.4(c) (conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation), and good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that EFTHEMOIS D. VELAHOS 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.