In Re McNally

Respondent Philip F. McNally is an attorney at law of this State, admitted to the bar in 1964. He has been charged with a serious disciplinary infraction growing out of his handling of a mortgage foreclosure.

The facts and circumstances surrounding the incident are summarized in the Decision and Recommendation of the Disciplinary Review Board (DRB) as follows:

The record reveals and respondent admits that respondent, then an associate in a Newark law firm, forged the name of the Sheriff of Mercer County to a deed of foreclosure and fraudulently witnessed the instrument. The deed was then…