Edward Bowman, Esquire | SUSPENDED

New Jer­sey. Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On this date, in the Gar­den State, the Supreme Court of New Jer­sey sus­pended E. Edward Bow­man for engag­ing in the prac­tice of law while already sus­pended for prior vio­la­tions. Mr. Bow­man main­tained a law office where he met with clients and also acted as the Lawrence Town­ship Plan­ning Board solic­i­tor and the Stow Creek Plan­ning Board solic­i­tor. Addi­tion­ally, the Respon­dent failed to file the appro­pri­ate affi­davit of com­pli­ance as required of all sus­pended attor­neys. He also failed to coop­er­ate with the Office of Attor­ney Ethics and did not cease prac­tic­ing law dur­ing the period of his sus­pen­sion, neces­si­tat­ing the Office of Attor­ney Ethics to file a motion to hold him in con­tempt, which motion was ulti­mately con­sented to by the Mr. Bow­man when a hear­ing was sched­uled in the Supe­rior Court of New Jersey.

Mr. Bowman’s license to prac­tice law was sus­pended on June 21, 2006 for a period of 12 months.

Wal­ton W. Kings­bery III, Esquire, appeared before the Dis­ci­pline Review Board for the Office of Attor­ney Ethics. Ed appeared pro se.

Mr. Bow­man is a repeat offender of the Rules of ‘Pro­fes­sional’ Con­duct. He was sus­pended for three months in 2004. Thus far, his aggre­gate uneth­i­cal con­duct has not yet risen to the level deemed mer­i­to­ri­ous of dis­bar­ment by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Have any of Mr. Bowman’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. Bow­man that haven’t been addressed by Office of Attor­ney Ethics?