Jeffrey Zisselman, Xsquire | DISBARRED

New Jer­sey. Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On this date, in the Gar­den State, the Supreme Court of New Jer­sey dis­barred lawyer Jef­frey N. Zis­sel­man as a result of a guilty plea to both counts of a fed­eral Infor­ma­tion filed in the United States Dis­trict Court for the South­ern Dis­trict of New York, charg­ing him with one count of con­spir­acy to com­mit extor­tion, in vio­la­tion of 18 U.S.C.A. 1952(a)(3) and 371, and one count of extor­tion, in vio­la­tion of 18 U.S.C.A. 1952(a)(3).

Lawyers can’t com­mit extor­tion? Since when? Obvi­ously Zis­sel­man got rail­roaded on this. Some­body must have had a polit­i­cal vendeta?

Richard J. Engel­hardt, Esquire rep­re­sented the Office of Attor­ney Ethics. Michael S. Ross, Esquire of New York rep­re­sented Jeff.

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