Opinion
D-122 081029
01-22-2019
In the Matter of Michael W. Song, An Attorney At Law (Attorney No. 000651996)
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 17-369, concluding that Michael W. Song of Englewood Cliffs, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1996, should be reprimanded for violating RPC 4.1(a)(false statement of material fact to a third party); RPC 5.4(c)(permitting a person who recommends, employs, or pays the lawyer to render legal services for another to direct or regulate the lawyer's professional judgment); and RPC 8.4(c)(conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation), and good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that Michael W. Song is hereby reprimanded; 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 22nd day of January, 2019.
/s/
CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT