Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
On this date in the Garden State, the New Jersey Attorney Discipline Review Board (the DRB) censured Richard W. Banas, Esquire [#101620] for lack of diligence and failing to communicate the status of the matter with the client in two related actions against the client.
Peter K. Barber, Esquire appeared before the DRB for District X.
Richard failed to appear. Perhaps he was too busy failing to communicate with his clients?
Richard is a repeat offender of the New Jersey Rules of Professional Conduct. He was previously reprimanded in 1996 and suspended for three months in 1999. Heretofore his aggregate unethical conduct has not risen to a level deemed meritous of disbarrment by New Jersey bar overseers.
Were any of Richard’s clients injured as a consequence of his misconduct? Was restitution ordered? Paid?
Have there been other instances of misconduct by Senor Banas that haven’t been addressed by the DRB?
