Opinion
D-1 074857
12-09-2014
IN THE MATTER OF EFTHEMOIS D. VELAHOS, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (Attorney No. 038341989)
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 14-055, concluding that EFTHEMOIS D. VELAHOS of WOODBURY, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1991, should be censured for violating RFC 5.4(b)(partnership with a non-lawyer in the practice of law), RPC 5.5a(1)(failure to maintain liability insurance while practicing as a limited liability company and practicing law in a jurisdiction where doing so violates the regulation of the legal profession in that jurisdiction), RPC 8.4(b)(committing a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer) and RPC 8.4(c)(conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation), and good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that EFTHEMOIS D. VELAHOS is hereby censured; 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 9th day of December, 2014.
/s/
CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT
The foregoing is a true copy of the original on file in my office.
/s/
CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY