In re Forcier

Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 1994. He maintained an office for the practice of law in the Town of Elizabethtown, Essex County.

Having granted petitioner’s motion for a default judgment on a petition of charges and having heard respondent in mitigation, we now find that, in violation of the attorney disciplinary rules, respondent neglected several legal matters entrusted to him, failed to communicate with his clients, failed to comply with the attorney registration requirements and failed to cooperate with petitioner (see Code of Professional Responsibility DR 1-102 [a]…