Opinion
089208
06-13-2024
IN THE MATTER OF ANDREW G. BITAR, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (ATTORNEY NO. 172152016)
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 23-219, recommending on the record certified to the Board pursuant to Rule l:20-4(f) (default by respondent) that Andrew G. Bitar of Englewood Cliffs, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 2016, should be censured for violating RPC 1.15(d) (failing to comply with the recordkeeping requirements of Rule 1:21-6), RPC 5.5(a)(1) (engaging in the unauthorized practice of law), and RPC 8.1(b) (failing to cooperate with disciplinary authorities) (two instances);
And the Disciplinary Review Board having further recommended that respondent submit proof to the Office of Attorney Ethics that respondent has corrected all recordkeeping deficiencies and has updated respondent’s firm’s financial institution information, within thirty days of the Court’s order;
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that Andrew G. Bitar is hereby censured; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent shall submit proof to the Office of Attorney Ethics that respondent has corrected all recordkeeping deficiencies and has updated respondent’s firm’s financial institution information, within thirty days of this order; 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.