Opinion
January 26, 1982.
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 C. Stephen Barrett, III, 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 VII Ethics Committee,
IT IS ORDERED that:
1. Michael R. Canfield 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 Michael R. Canfield 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, Bank of Mid-Jersey, Trustee Account # 211-256-6 and New Jersey National Bank, Business Account # 098-035-7 maintained by Michael R. Canfield 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. Michael R. Canfield is hereby restrained and enjoined from disbursing funds from any of the foregoing bank accounts.
5. Michael R. Canfield 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/ Michael R. Canfield Michael R. Canfield, Respondent
/s/ C. Stephen Barrett, III C. Stephen Barrett, III, Attorney for Respondent
Colette A. Coolbaugh Assistant Director
BY: David E. Johnson, Jr. David E. Johnson, Jr., Chief Division of Ethics and Professional Services