Opinion
December 1, 1981.
DISCIPLINARY MATTERS
CONSENT ORDER
THIS MATTER, having been opened to the Court by COLETTE A. COOLBAUGH, Assistant Director, Division of Ethics and Professional Services by DAVID E. JOHNSON, JR., Chief, Division of Ethics and Professional Services, and with the consent of the Respondent and Anthony T. Colasanti, Esq., attorney for Respondent, and it appearing that the Division of Ethics and Professional Services and Respondent having agreed to Respondent being temporarily suspended from the practice of law, together with the additional relief provided in this Order pending final disposition of the ethics complaints against him before the District X Ethics Committee,
IT IS ORDERED that:
1. Peter J. Auerbacher is temporarily suspended from the practice of law, effective immediately, pending final determination of the ethics complaints against him, and until further Order of the Court.
2. The Division of Ethics and Professional Services take appropriate action to gain possession and control of the legal files and records of Peter J. Auerbacher wherever situate, pursuant to R. 1:20-5(b).
3. All funds presently existing in any New Jersey banking institution including, but not limited to, First National State Bank of West Jersey, 19 East Main Street, Mendham, New Jersey 07845, Trustee Account No. 638-000197-1, and Crestmont Savings, 22 Park Place, Morristown, New Jersey 07960, Business Account No. 105-950-961-5-1502 maintained by Peter J. Auerbacher pursuant to R. 1:21-6 shall be restrained from disbursement and shall be transmitted by the banks which are the present custodians thereof to the Clerk of the Superior Court for deposit in the Superior Court Trust Fund pending the further order of this Court.
4. Peter J. Auerbacher is hereby restrained and enjoined from disbursing funds from any of the foregoing bank accounts.
5. Peter J. Auerbacher shall comply with all the regulations of the Disciplinary Review Board governing suspended, disbarred or resigned attorneys.
We hereby consent to the entry and form of the above Consent Order.
/s/ Peter J. Auerbacher Peter J. Auerbacher, Respondent
/s/ Anthony T. Colasanti Anthony T. Colasanti, Attorney for Respondent
Colette A. Coolbaugh
By: David E. Johnson, Jr. David E. Johnson, Jr., Chief Division of Ethics and Professional Services