Vijay Gokhale, Esquire | SUSPENDED

New Jer­sey. Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On this date, in the Gar­den State, the Supreme Court of New Jer­sey sus­pended Vijay M. Gokhale for vio­la­tions includ­ing fail­ure to file state and fed­eral income tax returns for the years 1999–2001.

Addi­tion­ally, in con­nec­tion with a real estate mat­ter, the Mr. Gokhale engaged in gross neglect, fail­ure to promptly pay funds to third par­ties, trust account record­keep­ing vio­la­tions, fail­ure to with­draw from rep­re­sen­ta­tion and fail­ure to coop­er­ate with dis­ci­pli­nary author­i­ties dur­ing the inves­ti­ga­tion and pro­cess­ing of this matter.

Mr. Gokhale’s license to prac­tice law was sus­pended on Sep­tem­ber 18, 2003 for a period of 12 months.

John McGill III, Esquire appeared before the Dis­ci­pline Review Board for the Office of Attor­ney Ethics. Mr. Gokhale appeared in pro se.

Mr. Gokhale is a repeat offender of the Rules of ‘Pro­fes­sional’ Con­duct. He was rep­ri­manded in 2001 and tem­porar­ily sus­pended in 2003. Thus far, his aggre­gate uneth­i­cal con­duct has not yet risen to the level deemed mer­i­to­ri­ous of dis­bar­ment by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

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