Opinion
D-4-22
06-30-2023
In the Matter of David M. Schlachter An Attorney at Law (Attorney No. 035542006)
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 22-040, concluding on the basis of a disciplinary stipulation that David M. Schlachter of Passaic, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 2006, should be reprimanded for violating RPC 1.15(d) (failure to comply with the recordkeeping requirements of Rule 1:21-6), and RPC 8.1(b) (failure to cooperate with disciplinary authorities);
And the Disciplinary Review Board having further determined that respondent should submit to the Office of Attorney Ethics (1) proof of a completed recordkeeping course pre-approved by the Office of Attorney Ethics, within sixty days of this order, (2) all outstanding previously requested financial records within thirty days, and (3) monthly reconciliations of his attorney accounts, on a quarterly basis, for a two-year period;
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that David M. Schlachter is hereby reprimanded; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent shall submit to the Office of Attorney Ethics (1) proof of a completed recordkeeping course pre-approved by the Office of Attorney Ethics, within sixty days of this order, (2) all outstanding previously requested financial records within thirty days, and (3) monthly reconciliations of his attorney accounts, on a quarterly basis, for a two-year period; 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.
WITNESS, the Honorable Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice, at Trenton, this 27th day of June, 2023.