Former Hoboken Mayor Denied Reinstatement

A petition for reinstatement from automatic disbarment was denied by the New York Appellate Division for the Third Judicial Department

Respondent’s conviction and disbarment arose from his criminal conduct during his campaign for the office of Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey. Specifically, during his campaign, and briefly following his election, respondent accepted several payments from a government informant posing as a real estate developer in exchange for respondent’s assurances that the informant would receive preferential treatment in his land development matters.

He was permanently disbarred in New Jersey 

During his testimony before the subcommittee, respondent discussed his activities during his term of incarceration and thereafter. He also spoke of his desire for redemption from his past misconduct, but failed to offer any tangible details regarding his intentions were he to be reinstated. To this point, respondent advised the subcommittee that he does not immediately plan to return to the practice of law and that he did not have a time frame in mind for doing so. Based on the foregoing, we find that respondent has not met his burden of establishing his entitlement to reinstatement at this time. Accordingly, we deny his application.

Hudson County View had the history

After beating then-Councilwoman Dawn Zimmer in a run-off election in June 2009, Cammarano left office in disgrace after he was indicted on bribery charges a mere 23 days after taking over the mayor’s seat in the Mile Square City.

Cammarano, along with other campaign operatives, met with the now infamous FBI informant Solomon Dwek at 14th Street’s Malibu Diner on four separate occasions between May and July 2009, where both parties illegally solicited cash from one another.

Dwek was told that he and Cammarano would “be friends for a good, long time” at their June 23, 2009 meeting, court documents show.

Once viewed as a top Democratic candidate for statewide office, Cammarano ended up being just one of 44 individuals – many of which who were elected officials in New Jersey – arrested by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Operation Big Rig III on July 23, 2009.

Cammarano, a 2002 graduate of the Seton Hall University School of Law, did not have any previous sanctions against him and worked at East Coast powerhouse Genova Burns – a law firm with offices in Newark, Jersey City and New York City – prior to his arrest.

(Mike Frisch)