Matter of Sommer

Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 1981 after being admitted in New Jersey in 1976, where she maintains an office for the practice of law. Following respondent’s May 2013 conviction in the United States District Court of the District of New Jersey of the federal crime of conspiracy to structure transactions in order to evade a bank reporting requirement (see 18 USC § 371; see also 31 USC § 5324 [a] [3]; [d] [1]), the Supreme Court of New Jersey suspended respondent from the practice of law for one year, effective May 22, 2013 (Matter of Sommer, 217 NJ 359, 89 A3d 580…