Matter of Schwartz

This case concerns respondent’s representation of a client in an appeal to the Appellate Division from a Bergen County District Court judgment rendered against her in a landlord-tenant case. The client, Ms. Schulz, filed a complaint with the District II Ethics Committee (Committee) in which she alleged that the respondent failed competently to handle her appeal to the Appellate Division and that he improperly withdrew as her attorney. The Committee dismissed the complaint after a hearing. Ms. Schulz appealed, and the Disciplinary Review Board (DRB) reversed the Committee’s dismissal. After a…