Opinion
D-71-22
09-13-2023
In the Matter of Evan D. Weiner An Attorney at Law (Attorney No. 000962012)
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 22-217, concluding that Evan D. Weiner of New York, New York, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 2012, should be reprimanded for violating RPC 1.5(a) (fee overreaching), RPC 1.15(a) (negligent misappropriation of client funds), RPC 1.15(d) (failure to comply with the recordkeeping requirements of Rule 1:21-6), and RPC 7.5(e) (impermissible firm name or letterhead);
And the Disciplinary Review Board having further determined that respondent should submit proof to the Office of Attorney Ethics within sixty days of this order that respondent has (1) disbursed all funds remaining in respondent's Attorney Trust Account to the Superior Court Trust Fund Unit, in accordance with Rule l:21-6(j), and (2) closed all bank accounts, including respondent's trust account associated with his former law office, Weiner Legal Group, LLC;
And good cause appearing; It is ORDERED that Evan D. Weiner is hereby reprimanded; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent shall submit proof to the Office of Attorney Ethics within sixty days of this order that respondent has (1) disbursed all funds remaining in respondent's Attorney Trust Account to the Superior Court Trust Fund Unit, in accordance with Rule l:21-6(j), and (2) closed all bank accounts, including respondent's trust account associated with his former law office, Weiner Legal Group, LLC; 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 6th day of September, 2023.