Angela White, Esquirette | SUSPENDED

New Jer­sey. Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On this date, in the Gar­den State, the Supreme Court of New Jer­sey sus­pended Angela Y. White [#101194] as a result of her forg­ing another woman’s sig­na­ture on a $54,000 stu­dent loan appli­ca­tion for Ms. White’s own ben­e­fit, while she attended law school.

Some do start early!

Madam White was charged in a Bergen County accu­sa­tion with utter­ing a loan appli­ca­tion pur­port­ing to be the act of another, with­out her author­ity and with pur­pose to defraud, a vio­la­tion of N.J.S.A. 2C:21–1(a)(3).

Angie was placed in a six-month pre­trial inter­ven­tion pro­gram, which she com­pleted and the crim­i­nal charge was dis­missed. How­ever, the Bar decided that the fact she got caught swin­dling her way into the pro­fes­sion should not go unpun­ished and sus­pended her license on July 10, 2007 for a period of 12 months. Rookie!

Lee A. Gronikowki, Esquire appeared before the Dis­ci­pline Review Board for the Office of Attor­ney Ethics. John Coco­ziello, Esquire appeared for the Respondent.

Did the woman whose sig­na­ture she forged get her money back?  Is she sat­is­fied with the dis­ci­pline imposed in this case?

We know it’s still early but have there been any other instances of mis­con­duct by Ms. White that haven’t been addressed by Office of Attor­ney Ethics?