Michael Mc Laughlin, Sr., Esquire | REPRIMANDED

New Jer­sey. Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On this date, in the Gar­den State, the Supreme Court of New Jer­sey rep­ri­manded lawyer Michael A. Mc Laugh­lin, Sr.  for vio­lat­ing a Supreme Court order imposed at the time he was admit­ted to prac­tice that required that he file quar­terly reports for two years con­firm­ing that he had refrained from the use of alco­hol or other intox­i­cat­ing sub­stances and had con­tin­ued to attend Alco­holics Anony­mous and Lawyers Con­cerned for Lawyers meetings.

Lawyers Con­cerned for Lawyers huh?  Sounds like an inter­est­ing, not to men­tion effec­tive group.

In June 2002, Mc Laugh­lin had a one-evening relapse and was charged with dri­ving while intox­i­cated. while the DWI mat­ter was pend­ing, he filed a quar­terly cer­ti­fi­ca­tion with the Supreme Court’s Char­ac­ter Com­mit­tee attest­ing to his con­tin­ued sobri­ety. This was a misrepresentation.

Mc Laugh­lin sub­se­quently reported the DWI arrest to the Char­ac­ter Committee.

Richard J. Engel­hardt, Esquire appeared before the Dis­ci­pline Review Board for the Office of Attor­ney Ethics.

Albert B. Jef­fers, Esquire appeared for Mc Laughlin.

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