In Re Saluti

Following separate hearings on July 22, 2010, the District V-A Fee Arbitration Committee (Committee) issued awards to three former clients of respondent Gerald M. Saluti, Esq. Saluti was ordered to pay the awards by three dates in November 2010. He did not do so. On January 3, 2011, the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) moved for Saluti’s temporary suspension and the imposition of fines for each infraction because his obligations pursuant to the three awards were still outstanding. On January 25, 2011, after reviewing the OAE’s motions, the Disciplinary Review Board (DRB) recommended to the…