An attorney with a long record of adult crimes was suspended for two years by the New Jersey Supreme Court.

From the report of the Disciplinary Review Board describing a 2013 sentencing

In respect of aggravating factors, the court emphasized that respondent had twenty-four contacts with the criminal justice system as an adult, including a 1995 robbery conviction in New York, for which he had previously been incarcerated, and a 1990 assault conviction in Arizona. The court noted that, from 1996 through 2010, respondent had no arrests, but had a “significant substance abuse history with treatment.” In his statement to the court, respondent again acknowledged that he had a lengthy substance abuse history and past criminal convictions, but asserted that he had achieved nine years of sobriety, including a period while he attended law school, before recently relapsing. The court sentenced respondent to a two-year term of probation, with the condition that he undergo substance abuse testing, counseling, and treatment, as well as mandatory fines and penalties.

More recently

In response to a request from the Office of Board Counsel, the OAE provided an update on respondent’s outstanding court matters. Specifically, on December 8, 2016, respondent entered a plea of guilty to loitering for controlled dangerous substances (CDS) in the Bayonne Municipal Court and was sentenced to time served in jail. He has not satisfied the fines and costs imposed in connection with his Middletown municipal matter. Moreover, respondent has active arrest warrants issued by the municipal courts in Kinnelon, Parsippany, and Pequannock for failure to appear and failure to pay court-imposed fines and costs. On March 11, 2016, thirty days after respondent had surrendered himself in connection with a warrant for his arrest, his New Jersey Superior Court probation was “terminated without improvement” by the Honorable David Bauman, J.S.C.

He has been suspended since 2016 for failure to pay a fee arbitration award. (Mike Frisch)