Opinion
D-57-2021
10-11-2022
In the Matter of Wayne Robert Rohde, An Attorney At Law (Attorney No. PHV014924)
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 21-169, concluding that as a matter of final discipline pursuant to Rule 1:20-13(c)(2), Wayne Robert Rohde, of Washington, D.C., who was admitted to practice pro hac vice in this State from 2004 through 2007, should be prohibited for a period of six months from applying for pro hac vice or for plenary admission to the bar of New Jersey bar based on respondent's guilty plea and criminal conviction of one count of felony leaving the scene of an accident in Arlington, Virginia, conduct in violation of RPC 8.4(b)(committing a criminal act that reflects adversely on a lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects);
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that Wayne Robert Rohde is hereby prohibited from applying for pro hac vice, plenary, or for any other form of admission to practice in this State, for a period of six months, effective immediately, and until the further Order of the Court; 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.
WITNESS, the Honorable Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice, at Trenton, this 4th day of October, 2022.