Legal Opinion
New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection v. Fornaro (In Re Fornaro)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey
Decided March 12, 2009No. 15-18800PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
MICHAEL B. KAPLAN, Bankruptcy Judge.
Ms. Maria Fornaro, Debtor, is a New Jersey attorney who previously underwent various disciplinary proceedings before the Supreme Court of New Jersey. One of those proceedings determined that, while representing a former client in an immigration matter, Ms. Fornaro had embezzled and converted that client’s funds to her own use. Pursuant to the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey, the New Jersey Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection (the “Fund”) became subrogated to Ms. Fornaro’s former client’s rights, claims, and interests…
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