In re Kelly

On February 11, 1998, District XIV Ethics Committee filed a complaint against respondent Robert V. Kelly, a Belmar attorney admitted in 1970, claiming that he used his status as an attorney to solicit clients for his wholly-owned business that located lost funds; used his law license to obtain funds on behalf of those clients from the United States Bankruptcy Court; and, instead of promptly delivering the funds to clients or holding them in trust, *174used certain of those funds for personal expenses. The complaint alleged violations of RPC 1.15(a) (safeguarding property); RPC 1.15(b) (failure to…