Nicole Devaney, Esquirette | REPRIMANDED

New Jer­sey. Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On this date, in the Gar­den State, the Supreme Court of New Jer­sey rep­ri­manded lawyer Nicole Devaney, Esquirette [#101138] for plead­ing guilty to two counts of an Accu­sa­tion filed in the Supe­rior Court of New Jer­sey, Law Divi­sion, Mon­mouth County, charg­ing Respon­dent with the third degree crime of theft of mov­able prop­erty, a vio­la­tion of N.J.S.A. 2C:20–3(a), and the third degree crime of obtain­ing a con­trolled dan­ger­ous sub­stance by fraud, a vio­la­tion of N.J.S.A. 2C:35–13.

Devaney admit­ted tak­ing pre­scrip­tion pads from two doc­tors, with­out their autho­riza­tion, and using them to unlaw­fully obtain pre­scrip­tion pain med­ica­tion, to wit, Percocet.

Richard J. Engel­hardt appeared before the Dis­ci­pline Review Board for the Office of Attor­ney Ethics.

Ms. Devaney waived appearance.

Were any of Ms. Devaney’s clients injured as a con­se­quence of her actions? If so, are those who were injured sat­is­fied with the dis­ci­pline imposed in this case? Has resti­tu­tion been made?

Have there been any other instances of mis­con­duct by Ms. Devaney that haven’t been addressed by Office of Attor­ney Ethics?