Opinion
D-135 September Term 2020 085964
04-01-2022
In the MATTER OF Mary Elizabeth LENTI, an Attorney at Law (Attorney No. 029932011)
ORDER The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 20-260 and DRB 20-273, concluding that Mary Elizabeth Lenti of Mount Holly, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 2012, should be censured for violating RPC 1.3 (lack of diligence), RPC 1.4 (b) (failure to communicate with client), RPC 5.3 (b) (failure to supervise a non-lawyer assistant), RPC 8.1 (a) (false statement of material fact in a disciplinary matter), and RPC 8.4 (c) (conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation);
And Mary Elizabeth Lenti having been ordered to show cause why she should not be disbarred or otherwise disciplined;
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that Mary Elizabeth Lenti is hereby censured; and it is further ORDERED Mary Elizabeth Lenti shall refund the sum of $1,250 paid by her client as a retainer in the Quesada matter within sixty days after the filing date of this Order; 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.