Matter of Hoerst

The Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) brought a motion before the Disciplinary Review Board (DRB or Board), seeking final discipline based on respondent’s criminal conviction. See Rule 1:20—6(e)(2)(i). The DRB recommended that this Court impose a public reprimand, with two members voting to recommend a six-month suspension. Our independent review of the record leads to the conclusion that respondent should be suspended from the practice of law for six months.

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Respondent, Frank J. Hoerst, III, was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1974. In 1983 the Governor appointed him Prosecutor of Salem…