Matter of Di Biasi

Respondent entered a plea of guilty to a federal accusation of misapplication of bank funds in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 657, an offense characterized as a misdemeanor under federal law. The court sentenced respondent to a suspended term of one year, three-years probation, and imposed a fine of $1,000.

Subsequently, the Office of Attorney Ethics made a Motion for Final Discipline Based Upon a Criminal Conviction pursuant to R. 1:20-6(b)(2)(i). Following oral argument, the Disciplinary Review Board agreed that respondent had engaged in illegal conduct that adversely reflected on his fitness to…