Opinion
D-90 September Term 2019 084001
07-06-2020
In the MATTER OF Frances Ann HARTMAN, An Attorney At Law (Attorney No. 026511984)
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 19-239, concluding on the record certified to the Board pursuant to Rule 1:20-4(f)(default by respondent) that Frances Ann Hartman of Moorestown, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1984, should be censured for violating RPC 1.1(a) (gross neglect), RPC 1.3 (lack of diligence), RPC 1.5(b) (failure to set forth in writing the basis or rate of the legal fee), and RPC 8.1(b) (failure to cooperate with disciplinary authorities);
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that Frances Ann Hartman is hereby censured; 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.