In Re Carlsen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jacobs, J.

The respondent Vincent P. X. Carlsen, an attorney-at-law, is charged with conduct violating the canons of professional ethics. Testimony was taken before the Bergen County Ethics and Grievance Committee and the respondent has been heard fully.

In January 1951 Mr. Doyle E. Bush visited Carlsen’s law office. He had been a client for several years and his visit related to a legal matter which Carlsen was handling for him. While he was there Carlsen inquired whether he would be interested in a business proposition relating to the purchase of…