Opinion
D–3 September Term 2017 080028
12-08-2017
In the MATTER OF Dan A. DRUZ, an Attorney at Law (Attorney No. 022091980)
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 17–086, concluding that DAN A. DRUZ of BELMAR, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1981, should be censured for violating RPC 1.15(d) and Rule 1:21–6 (recordkeeping violations);
And the Disciplinary Review Board having further determined that respondent should be required to: (1) take courses in legal ethics, attorney trust accounting and law office management as part of respondent's continuing legal education (CLE) requirements; (2) submit to the Office of Attorney Ethics monthly reconciliations of his attorney accounts, on a quarterly basis, for a period of two years; and (3) submit proof of his fitness to practice law;
And the Court this date having transferred respondent to disability inactive status, effective immediately;
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that DAN A. DRUZ is hereby censured; and it is further
ORDRED that if and when respondent is transferred to active status, he shall: (1) enroll in and complete the courses in law office in legal ethics, attorney trust accounting and law office management as part of his CLE requirements; (2) submit to the Office of Attorney Ethics monthly reconciliations of his attorney accounts on a quarterly basis, for a period of two years and until the further Order of the Court; and (3) provide proof of his fitness to practice law as attested to by a mental health professional approved by the Office of Attorney Ethics; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent shall remain restrained and enjoined from practicing law as long as he remains on disability inactive status; 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.