Cleared After 5 Years of Working Under Suspicion, Lawyer Assesses the Damage
The court has been "very receptive" to the concerns raised by the NJSBA, "including that these cases take way too long and that the approach of the OAE was overly prosecutorial," Jeralyn Lawrence, a former NJSBA president, said.
August 20, 2024 at 02:29 PM
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Legal Ethics and Attorney DisciplineAfter nearly five years of proceedings, a New Jersey attorney has been cleared in a disciplinary case over his alleged failure to obey a judge's directive. But the attorney says practicing under a cloud of suspicion while his case worked its way through the system has taken a toll on his career.
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