Opinion
D-49 082109
06-15-2021
In the Matter of Christopher Roy Higgins, An Attorney At Law (Attorney No. 041532012)
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 18-195, concluding on the record certified to the Board pursuant to Rule 1:20-14(f)(default by respondent) that Christopher Roy Higgins, formerly of Parlin, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 2012, should be reprimanded for violating RPC 1.4(b)(failure to keep client reasonably informed about the status of a matter or to reply to reasonable requests for information) and RPC 8.1(b)(failure to cooperate with disciplinary authorities);
And respondent having been ordered to show cause why he should not be disbarred or otherwise disciplined;
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that Christopher Roy Higgins is hereby reprimanded; 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 15th day of June, 2020.
/s/
CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT