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In re Cook

SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY
May 21, 2018
D-127 (N.J. May. 21, 2018)

Opinion

D-127 079140

05-21-2018

IN THE MATTER OF PETER A. COOK, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (Attorney No. 022461993)


CORRECTED ORDER

The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 16-243, concluding that PETER A. COOK of MILLBURN, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1994, should be censured for violating RPC 1.15(b)(failure to promptly notify a third party of receipt of funds and failure to promptly disburse funds), RPC 1.3(lack of diligence), RPC 1.4(b)(failure to keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter) and RPC 8.1(b)(failure to cooperate with disciplinary authorities);

And the Disciplinary Review Board having further determined that respondent should be required to provide proof that he completed all work required for the Ellison estate;

And PETER A. COOK having been ordered to show cause why he should not be disbarred or otherwise disciplined;

And good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that PETER A. COOK is hereby censured; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent shall be temporarily suspended from the practice of law, effective July 5, 2018, unless the Office of Attorney Ethics certifies to the Court that respondent has provided proof that he has completed all work on the estate in the Ellison matter, and that all estate monies have been distributed; 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 21st day of May, 2018. Filed: 05-21-2018

/s/

CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT Corrected Order filed: 05-23-2018
Correction to RPC 1.4(b)


Summaries of

In re Cook

SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY
May 21, 2018
D-127 (N.J. May. 21, 2018)
Case details for

In re Cook

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF PETER A. COOK, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (Attorney No. 022461993)

Court:SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY

Date published: May 21, 2018

Citations

D-127 (N.J. May. 21, 2018)