Francis Monahan, Jr., Xsquire | DISBARRED

New Jer­sey. Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On this date, in the Gar­den State, the Supreme Court of New Jer­sey dis­barred Fran­cis R. Mon­a­han, Jr., Xsquire [#101198] as a result of his guilty plea to third-degree theft by decep­tion, in vio­la­tion of N.J.S.A. 2C:20–4 and third-degree theft, in vio­la­tion of N.J.S.A. 2C:20–3.

Monahan’s plea arose out of a scheme to defraud one of his elderly, vul­ner­a­ble clients by con­spir­ing with oth­ers to facil­i­tate the sale of the client’s house, after which he with­drew a series of checks total­ing more than $235,000 from his trust account and using it for his own pur­poses. Addi­tion­ally, Mon­a­han also pleaded guilty to theft of approx­i­mately $36,000 by the unau­tho­rized use of a credit card.

Richard J. Engel­hardt, Esquire appeared before the Supreme Court for the Office of Attor­ney Ethics.

Respon­dent did not appear.

Mr. Mon­a­han is a repeat offender of the Rules of ‘Pro­fes­sional’ Con­duct. He was admon­ished in 2003 and tem­porar­ily sus­pended in 2004.

Are Mr. Monahan’s clients sat­is­fied with the dis­ci­pline imposed in this case? Has resti­tu­tion been made?

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