Opinion
D-25 September Term 2022 087701
06-05-2023
In the MATTER OF Wardell HUFF, an Attorney at Law (Attorney No. 035062005)
ORDER The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 22-106, concluding that Wardell Huff of Leesburg, Virginia, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 2005, should be censured for violating RPC 1.4(a) (failing to inform a prospective client of how, when, and where the client may communicate with the attorney), RPC 1.5(a) (charging an unreasonable fee), RPC 1.5(b) (failing to set forth, in writing, the basis or rate of the attorney's fee), RPC 1.8(h)(1) (making an agreement prospectively limiting the attorney's liability to a client for malpractice), RPC 1.15(d) (failure to comply with the recordkeeping provisions of Rule 1:21-6), RPC 5.3(a) and (b) (failing to supervise nonlawyer staff), RPC 5.4(c) (permitting a person who recommends, employs, or pays the attorney to render legal services for another to direct or regulate the attorney's professional judgment in rendering legal services), RPC 5.5(a)(2) (assisting another in the unauthorized practice of law), RPC 7.1(a)(1) and (4) (making a false or misleading communication about the lawyer or the lawyer's services), RPC 7.5(b) (failing to identify the attorney's name in advertisements and communications with clients), and RPC 8.1(b) (failing to cooperate with disciplinary authorities);
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that Wardell Huff 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.