AidingAbetting

The Supreme Court of New Jersey suspended lawyer Kathleen M. Vella, Esquirette [#101196] for aiding her client’s fraudulent attempt to gain title to his father’s house through the father’s divorce proceedings. During the divorce, the client maintained that the deceased father was alive when, in fact, he had died. Ms. Vella failed to advise the opposing attorney of the death, even though a proposed Final Judgment of Divorce by consent, including a Property Settlement Agreement, had not yet been signed by the other party.