Respondent directed the paralegal to attend a paternity hearing with a client, where the paralegal advocated in behalf of the client. In re Pomper, 197 N.J. 500 (2009). On September 18, 2019, respondent was temporarily suspended from the practice of law based on the misconduct underlying this matter.
The respondent and the Office of Attorney Ethics (hereinafter OAE) executed a stipulation providing in relevant part, as follows: The respondent was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New Jersey, under the name Neal M. Pomper, in 1982. The respondent's disciplinary history in New Jersey consists of a private reprimand in 1986, an admonition in 2004, and a censure in 2009 for assisting his paralegal in the unauthorized practice of law (In re Pomper, 197 N.J. 500, 964 A.2d 299). On September 18, 2019, the respondent was temporarily suspended from the practice of law based on the misconduct underlying this matter (In re Pomper, 239 N.J. 566, 218 A.3d 804), as set forth below.