Opinion
D-74-22
09-06-2023
In the Matter of David Wayne Crook An Attorney at Law (Attorney No. 004171982)
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 22-215, concluding on the record certified to the Board pursuant to Rule 1:20-4(f) (default by respondent) that David Wayne Crook of Rutherford, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1983, should be reprimanded for violating RPC 1.15(d) (failing to comply with the recordkeeping requirements of Rule 1:21-6) and RPC 8.1(b) (two instances - failing to cooperate with disciplinary authorities)
And the Disciplinary Review Board having further determined that respondent should (1) complete a recordkeeping course pre-approved by the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) within sixty days of this order, (2) bring all of respondent's records into compliance within sixty days of this order, and (3) provide to the OAE monthly reconciliations of respondent's attorney accounts, on a quarterly basis, for a two-year period;
And good cause appearing; It is ORDERED that David Wayne Crook, is hereby reprimanded; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent shall (1) complete a recordkeeping course pre-approved by the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) within sixty days of this order, (2) bring all of respondent's records into compliance within sixty days of this order, and (3) provide to the OAE monthly reconciliations of respondent's attorney accounts, on a quarterly basis, for a two-year period; 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 6th day of September, 2023.