Opinion
D-58 September Term 2022 088026
06-30-2023
In the MATTER OF William Timothy HOWES, an Attorney at Law (Attorney No. 010741989)
ORDER The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 22-187, concluding on the records certified to the Board pursuant to Rule 1:20-4(f) (default by respondent) that William Timothy Howes of Gladstone , who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1989, should be reprimanded for violating RPC 1.15(d) (failing to comply with record keeping requirements) and RPC 8.1(b) (two instances -- failing to cooperate with disciplinary authorities);
And the Disciplinary Review Board having further determined that respondent should submit to the Office of Attorney Ethics within sixty days of this order (1) proof of a completed recordkeeping course pre-approved by the Office of Attorney Ethics, (2) all outstanding previously requested financial records, and (3) monthly reconciliations of his attorney accounts, on a quarterly basis, for a two-year period;
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that William Timothy Howes is hereby censured; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent shall submit to the Office of Attorney Ethics within sixty days of this order (1) proof of a completed recordkeeping course pre-approved by the Office of Attorney Ethics, (2) all outstanding previously requested financial records, and (3) monthly reconciliations of his 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.