Part 1 · New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection

Rule 1:28-8. Custodial Receivers

Amended July 13, 1994 (current)

(a) Where an attorney has been disbarred or suspended by the Supreme Court, or where the attorney's resignation has been accepted by it, with prejudice.

(b) Where the Trustees have received notice that a presentment has been or is about to be submitted against an attorney by a county ethics committee.

(c) Where the Trustees have received notice that a criminal charge, whether by way of indictment or otherwise, has been or is about to be laid against an attorney.

(d) Where an attorney shall admit the existence of defalcations with respect to clients' property, for which defalcations the attorney's misconduct shall have been responsible. (e) Where credible evidence of such misconduct reaches the Trustees otherwise than as set forth above.