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98 A.3d 573
    IN THE MATTER OF JOSEPH C. LANE, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (ATTORNEY NO. 931211992).
    September 24, 2014.
   ORDER

The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 13-264, concluding on the record certified to the Board pursuant to Rule l:20-4(f) (default by respondent), that JOSEPH C. LANE of MANASQUAN, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1992, should be suspended from the practice of law for a period of three months for violating RPC 1.15(a) (failure to safeguard funds), RPC 1.15(b) (failure to promptly deliver funds to a client or third person), and RPC 1.7(a)(2) (concurrent conflict of interest);

And the Court having granted respondent’s petition for review (R-13-13), and having determined that a censure is the appropriate quantum of discipline for respondent’s unethical conduct;

And good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that JOSEPH C. LANE is hereby censured; 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.