Legal Opinion

Matter of Skevin

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided November 14, 1986PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Per curiam

This case arises from a report and recommendation of the Disciplinary Review Board (DRB) that respondent be disbarred. The Board’s report follows the finding of a Special Master appointed to make a factual record with respect to certain charges of ethical misconduct that had been made against respondent. We find, as did both bodies, that the record demonstrates by the required standard of clear and convincing proof, that violation of the tenets of In re Wilson, 81 N.J. 451 (1979), has been shown and that under those principles the conduct must result in disbarment.

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. In Re WilsonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1979
  2. Matter of NoonanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1986
  3. Matter of FleischerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1986
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  5. Matter of BrownSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1986

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3Cited by29 opinions

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