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92 A.3d 668
    IN THE MATTER OF FELIX NIHAMIN, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (ATTORNEY NO. 013071995).
    June 18, 2014.
   ORDER

The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 13-245, concluding that as a matter of final discipline pursuant to Rule l:20-13(c), that FELIX NIHAMIN of NEW YORK, NEW YORK, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1995, should be suspended from the practice of law for a period of three months based on respondent’s guilty plea in the Superior Court of New Jersey to misapplication of entrusted property (third degree), in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:21-15, conduct that violates RPC 8.4(b) (commission of a criminal act that reflects adversely on a lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer), and RPC 8.4(c) (conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation);

And good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that FELIX NIHAMIN is suspended from the practice of law for a period of three months, effective July 17, 2014, and until the further Order of the Court; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent comply with Rule 1:20-20 dealing with suspended attorneys; and it is further

ORDERED that pursuant to Rule 1:20-20(c), respondent’s failure to comply with the Affidavit of Compliance requirement of Rule l:20-20(b)(15) may (1) preclude the Disciplinary Review Board from considering respondent’s petition for reinstatement for a period of up to six months from the date respondent files proof of compliance; (2) be found to constitute a violation of RPC 8.1(b) and RPC 8.4(c); and (3) provide a basis for an action for contempt pursuant to Rule 1:10-2; and it is further

ORDERED that the entire record of this matter be made a permanent part of respondent’s file as an attorney at law of this State; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent reimburse the Disciplinary Oversight Committee for appropriate administrative costs and actual expenses incurred in the prosecution of this matter, as provided in Rule 1:20-17.