New Jersey. Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
On this date, in the Garden State, the Supreme Court of New Jersey suspended lawyer Russell G. Cheek, Esquire [#101412] for failing to resolve outstanding financial payments to an estate as he agreed to do in a previous disciplinary matter where he had neglected an estate and caused penalties from his failure to timely file a New Jersey inheritance tax return.
Mr. Cheek’s license to practice law was suspended on July 5, 2006 for a period of 3 months.
Melissa Czartoryski, Esquirette appeared before the Supreme Court for the Office of Attorney Ethics.
Mr. Cheek appeared pro se… as you do.
Mr. Cheek is a repeat offender of the Rules of ‘Professional’ Conduct. He was admonished in 1996; reprimanded in 1999 and suspended for three months in 2003. Thus far, his aggregate unethical conduct has not yet risen to the level deemed meritorious of disbarment by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Are Mr. Cheek’s clients satisfied with the discipline imposed in this case? Has restitution been made?
Have there been any other instances of misconduct by Mr. Cheek that haven’t been addressed by Office of Attorney Ethics?
