Opinion
M-654 Sept. Term 2018 082483
06-01-2023
In the MATTER OF Funds Restrained in The Attorney Accounts of Jean D. LAROSILIERE
ORDER This matter having been duly presented to the Court on the petition of the New Jersey Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection for an order designating the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection as an appropriate recipient of $43,850.00, plus accrued interest, previously held by the Superior Court Trust Fund and now on deposit with the State of New Jersey, Department of Treasury, Unclaimed Property Administration, in reimbursement for claims paid by the petitioner against Jean D. Larosiliere, a disbarred attorney pursuant to R. 1:28-3, said funds having been transferred from the attorney accounts of the respondent by Order of the Court filed March 20th, 2002, and good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that the petition is granted. By this order, the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection is identified as an appropriate recipient of $43,850.00, plus accrued interest, if any such amount of interest can be determined under the circumstances, in reimbursement for claims paid by the petitioner against Jean D. Larosiliere, a disbarred attorney pursuant to R. 1:28-3.
It is further ORDERED that this Order shall be published in the New Jersey Law Journal, and if no claims to the funds are received by the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection within thirty (30) days of publication, the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection may file a claim with the State of New Jersey, Department of Treasury, Unclaimed Property Administration, to transfer the sum of $43,850.00, plus accrued interest, from monies escheated to the State of New Jersey. The court takes no position on the merits of such a claim. It is further ORDERED that the order filed in this matter on May 31, 2023, is hereby vacated.