Opinion
D-169 September Term 2020 086175
03-24-2022
In the MATTER OF Stanley E. MARCUS, An Attorney At Law (Attorney No. 263031970)
ORDER The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 21-022, concluding that Stanley E. Marcus of Newark, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1970, should be suspended from the practice of law for a period of three months for violating RPC 1.15 (a) (negligent misappropriation of funds), RPC 1.15 (d) (failure to comply with the recordkeeping requirements of Rule 1:21-6), RPC 5.3 (a) (failure to supervise non-lawyer staff), RPC 5.3 (b) (failure of a lawyer having direct supervisory authority over a non-lawyer employee to make reasonable efforts to ensure that the conduct of the employee is compatible with the professional obligations of the lawyer), and RPC 5.3 (c) (3) (lawyer responsible for conduct of a non-lawyer employee that would be a violation of the RPCs if engaged in by the lawyer under certain circumstances);
And the Disciplinary Review Board further having determined that respondent should be required to complete a continuing legal education course in trust and business accounting for attorneys and that on reinstatement to practice, he should be required to submit quarterly reconciliations of his attorney accounts to the Office of Attorney Ethics for a period of two years;
And the Court having determined from its review of the matter that a censure, together with conditions, is the appropriate quantum of discipline for respondent's unethical conduct;
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that Stanley E. Marcus is hereby censured; and it is further ORDERED that Stanley E. Marcus shall complete a continuing legal education course in trust and business accounting and shall submit to the Office of Attorney Ethics proof of his successful completion thereof; and it is further ORDERED that Stanley E. Marcus shall complete monthly reconciliations of his attorney trust and business accounts and submit them on a quarterly basis to the Office of Attorney Ethics for a period of two years and until the further Order of the Court; 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.