In Re Malanga

The opinion of the court was delivered

The Essex County Ethics Committee filed a presentment in which it found that the respondent, Michael L. Malanga, violated Canon 11 of the Canons of Professional Ethics by appropriating to his own use and failing to promptly account for funds belonging to his client.

The facts, as developed at hearings before the Committee, fully substantiate its findings. The complainant, John J. Erla, retained the respondent in January 1962, to press a claim for damages arising from an automobile collision in which he had suffered physical injury and property damage.…