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In re Osborne

SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY
Jul 3, 2018
234 N.J. 22 (N.J. 2018)

Opinion

D–45 September Term 2017 080340

07-03-2018

In the MATTER OF Michael OSBORNE, an Attorney at Law (Attorney No. 008471999)


ORDER

The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 17–183, concluding on the record certified to the Board pursuant to Rule 1:20–4(f)(default by respondent) that MICHAEL OSBORNE of KINGSTON, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1999, and who has been temporarily suspended from the practice of law since March 3, 2016, by Order filed February 2, 2016, pursuant to Rule 1:20–15(k) should be censured for violating RPC 8.1(b) (failure to reply to a lawful demand for information from a disciplinary authority) and RPC 8.4(d) (conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice), and good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that MICHAEL OSBORNE is hereby censured; and it is furtherORDERED that MICHAEL OSBORNE remain suspended from the practice of law pursuant to the Order of the Court filed February 2, 2016; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent continue to comply with Rule 1:20–20 dealing with suspended attorneys; 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.


Summaries of

In re Osborne

SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY
Jul 3, 2018
234 N.J. 22 (N.J. 2018)
Case details for

In re Osborne

Case Details

Full title:IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL OSBORNE, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (Attorney No…

Court:SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY

Date published: Jul 3, 2018

Citations

234 N.J. 22 (N.J. 2018)
188 A.3d 296

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