Stephen Sheinbaum, Xsquire | DISBARRED

New Jer­sey.  Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On this date, in the Gar­den State, the Supreme Court of New Jer­sey dis­barred lawyer Stephen J. Shein­baum as a result of a guilty plea in the United States Dis­trict Court for the East­ern Dis­trict of New York to the crime of con­spir­acy to com­mit wire fraud, in vio­la­tion of 18 U.S.C.A. §371.

At his plea, mon­sieur Shein­baum admit­ted that dur­ing 2001 he con­spired with oth­ers to defraud (1) his employer of com­mis­sions of almost $80,000 and (2) the Bangladesh min­istry of money and prop­erty by mak­ing mate­ri­ally false and fraud­u­lent rep­re­sen­ta­tions and promises and, in doing so, trans­mit­ting wire com­mu­ni­ca­tions in inter­state and for­eign commerce.

Richard J. Engel­hardt, Esquire rep­re­sented the Office of Attor­ney Ethics. Cather­ine M. Foti, Esquirette (of the New York bar) rep­re­sented mon­sieur Sheinbaum.

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