Opinion
D-63 September Term 2020 085435
05-09-2022
In the MATTER OF Jacqueline Patricia GRUHLER, an Attorney at Law (Attorney No. 020842006)
CORRECTED ORDER The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 20-095, recommending that as a matter of final discipline pursuant to Rule 1:20-13(c)(2), Jacqueline P. Gruhler of Morton, Pennsylvania , who was admitted to the bar of this State in 2007, be disbarred based on her guilty plea and conviction in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Criminal Part, Cape May County, to third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS) (methamphetamine), with intent to distribute, conduct in violation of RPC 8.4(b) (criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects) and RPC 8.4(c) (conducting involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation);
And Jacqueline Patricia Gruhler having been ordered to show cause why she should not be disbarred or otherwise disciplined;
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that Jacqueline Patricia Gruhler be disbarred, effective immediately, and that her name be stricken from the roll of attorneys;
ORDERED that Jacqueline Patricia Gruhler be and hereby is permanently restrained and enjoined from practicing law; and it is further
ORDERED that Jacqueline Patricia Gruhler comply with Rule 1:20-20 dealing with disbarred attorneys; and it is further
ORDERED that all funds, if any, currently existing or hereinafter deposited in any New Jersey financial institution maintained by Jacqueline Patricia Gruhler pursuant to Rule 1:21-6 shall be restrained from disbursement except on application to this Court for good cause shown and shall be transferred by the financial institution to the Clerk of the Superior Court, who is directed to deposit the funds in the Superior Court Trust Fund pending further Order of this Court; 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.