Opinion
D-2 September Term 2023 088608
09-15-2023
In the MATTER OF Fausto J. SIMOES an Attorney at Attorney (Attorney No. 019781979)
ORDER Fausto J. Simoes, formerly of Newark, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1979, and who has been suspended from the practice of law since June 21, 2023, having tendered consent to disbarment as an attorney at law of the State of New Jersey, and good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that Fausto J. Simoes is disbarred by consent, effective immediately; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent's name be stricken from the roll of attorneys and that respondent be permanently restrained and enjoined from practicing law; and it is further
ORDERED that all funds, if any, currently existing or hereinafter deposited in any New Jersey financial institution maintained by Fausto J. Simoes pursuant to Rule 1:21-6, shall be transferred by the financial institution to the Clerk of the Superior Court, who is directed to deposit the funds in the Superior Court Trust Fund pending further Order of the Court; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent comply with Rule 1:20-20 dealing with disbarred 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.