Edwin Jonas, III, Esquire | SUSPENDED

New Jer­sey. Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On this date, in the Gar­den State, the Supreme Court of New Jer­sey sus­pended lawyer Edwin R. Jonas, III for con­tin­u­ously and fla­grantly vio­lat­ing sev­eral orders entered in his own per­sonal mat­ri­mo­nial mat­ter, includ­ing remov­ing his chil­dren to the Cay­man Islands in vio­la­tion of court order, and for plac­ing a $130,000 mort­gage on his home and deposit­ing those funds in a bank account in the Cay­man Islands, also in vio­la­tion of court order.

Mr. Jonas’s license to prac­tice law was sus­pended on Sep­tem­ber 2, 2005 for a period of 6 months.

John McGill III, Esquire appeared before the Dis­ci­pline Review Board for the Office of Attor­ney Ethics. Attor­ney Wal­ter J. Ray, Esquire rep­re­sented the Respondent.

Were any of Mr. Jonas’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. Jonas that haven’t been addressed by Office of Attor­ney Ethics?