In Re Brinkmann

On May 1, 1973 respondent pleaded guilty to an information filed in the United States District Court for the District of Wew Jersey charging him with having in 1969, with intent to defraud the Middlesex County Bank, misapplied to his own benefit $55,000 of the moneys of the bank. The essence of the offense was the personal úse by respondent of moneys borrowed from the bank, contrary to the purposes of the loan represented to the bank in applying for it. Based on that plea this court suspended respondent from the practice of law pending the outcome of ethics proceedings before the Middlesex…