Legal Opinion

In Re Witherspoon

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided July 29, 2010No. D-157 September Term 2008PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hoens

This matter, which comes before the Court on a stipulated factual record, raises questions concerning the appropriate level of discipline to be imposed on a member of the bar who has used his license to practice law as a means to seek sexual favors from some of his clients. As offensive as that behavior is, as with all matters *345of disciplino, it can only be addressed by considering it in accordance with the specific Rules of Professional Conduct (RPCs) that the attorney has violated and can only be appropriately punished in accordance with longstanding principles that form the existing and…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. In Re WilsonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1979
  2. In Re InfinitoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1983
  3. Matter of GoldbergSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
  4. Matter of LitwinSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1986
  5. In Re AddonizioSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In the Matter of Neil M. Cohen, an Attorney at LawSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2014
  2. In the Matter of William J. Torre(075524)Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2015
  3. In Re WitherspoonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2010

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