Jeffrey M. Adams, Esquire | SUSPENDED

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On this date in the Gar­den State, the New Jer­sey Attor­ney Dis­ci­pline Review Board (the DRB) sus­pended Jef­frey M. Adams, Esquire [#102006] one year effec­tive May 10, 2007 based upon the respondent’s one-year sus­pen­sion in the State of New York, effec­tive May 10, 2007, for act­ing reck­lessly with his trust account respon­si­bil­i­ties by com­min­gling his own funds with trust funds, neg­li­gently mis­ap­pro­pri­at­ing clients’ trust funds and fail­ing to main­tain proper trust books and records and for improp­erly shar­ing fees with his father, a sus­pended attorney.

Richard J. Engel­hardt, Esquire appeared before the DRB for the OAE.

Jef­frey appeared pro se. Does the fact Jef­frey appeared on his own behalf mean he had a fool for a client? Or is that a tired lawyer mar­ket­ing gimmick?

Were any of Jeffrey’s clients injured as a con­se­quence of his mis­con­duct in this or the under­ly­ing mat­ter? Was resti­tu­tion ordered? Paid?

Have there been other instances of mis­con­duct by Mis­ter Adams that haven’t been addressed by the DRB?