Opinion
Decided December 9, 1998.
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board on August 21, 1998, having filed with the Court its decision concluding that ANTHONY F. CARRACINO of FORDS (formerly of COLONIA), who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1982, should be suspended from the practice of law for a period of six months for violating RPC 1.8(a), (entering into a business transaction with a client), RPC 5.4(a) (sharing legal fees with a nonlawyer), RPC 5.4(b) (forming a law partnership with a nonlawyer), and RPC 5.4(d) (practicing law in the form of a professional corporation or association in which a nonlawyer has an interest or control), and RPC 8.1(b) (failure to cooperate with disciplinary authorities);
And the Board having further concluded that respondent should be required to provide proof of his fitness to practice law prior to reinstatement; and good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that ANTHONY F. CARRACINO is suspended from the practice of law for a period of six months, and until further Order of the Court, effective January 4, 1999; and it is further
ORDERED that prior to consideration of any application for reinstatement to practice, respondent shall provide competent psychological proof of his fitness to practice law; 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 be restrained and enjoined from practicing law during the period of his suspension and that he comply with Rule 1:20-20; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent reimburse the Disciplinary Oversight Committee for appropriate administrative costs incurred in the prosecution of this matter.