Opinion
D-54 075359
03-24-2015
IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT M. VREELAND, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (Attorney No. 029021989)
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 14-195, concluding on the record certified to the Board pursuant to Rule 1:20-4(f)(default by respondent), that ROBERT M. VREELAND, formerly of BLOOMFIELD, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1989, and who has been temporarily suspended from the practice of law since April 23, 2012, should be censured for violating RPC 8.1(b)(failure to cooperate with disciplinary authorities) and RPC 8.4(c)(conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice), and good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that ROBERT M. VREELAND is hereby censured; and it is furthered
ORDERED that ROBERT M. VREELAND remain suspended from the practice of law pursuant to the Order filed March 22, 2012 (D-140-10; 068800), and pending his compliance with the determination of the District VA Fee Arbitration Committee in District Docket No. VA-2010-0005F, and his payment of the sanction in the amount of $500 to the Disciplinary Oversight Committee, and until the further Order of the Court; 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 24th day of March, 2015.
/s/
CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT