Ben Zander, Xsquire | DISBARRED

New Jer­sey.  Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On this date, in the Gar­den State, the Supreme Court of New Jer­sey dis­barred Ben J. Zan­der as a result of his crim­i­nal con­vic­tion in the United States Dis­trict Court for the Dis­trict of New Jer­sey aris­ing out of activ­i­ties as in-house coun­sel for Merid­ian Ben­e­fit, Inc., a third-party health plan administrator.

Herr Zander’s con­vic­tion arose out of his involve­ment in a health plan admin­is­tra­tion company’s scheme to defraud 2,017 vic­tims out of over $24,500,000. He acted as an acces­sory after the fact to mail fraud, in vio­la­tion of 18 U.S.C.A. §3.

Richard J. Engel­hardt, Esquire appeared before the Supreme Court for the Office of Attor­ney Ethics. Herr Zan­der waived appear­ance. Per­haps he was “tied-up?”

Mr. Zan­der is a repeat offender of the Rules of ‘Pro­fes­sional’ Con­duct. He was admon­ished in 2004 and tem­porar­ily sus­pended from prac­tice in 2005.

Have any of Mr. Zander’s clients injured as a con­se­quence of his actions?  If so, are those who were injured sat­is­fied with the dis­ci­pline imposed in this case?  Has resti­tu­tion been made?

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