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808 A.2d 849
    IN THE MATTER OF JOAN A. PORRO, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW.
    October 31, 2002.
   ORDER

The Disciplinary Review Board having filed a report with the Court in DRB 01-812, recommending that JOAN A. PORRO, formerly of LYNDHURST, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1980 and thereafter was temporarily suspended from the practice of law by Order of the Court filed March 23, 1999, and who remains suspended at this time, be disbarred based on her federal conviction of, three counts of mail fraud (18 U.S.C.A §§ 1341 and 2), one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice (18 U.S.CA § 371), one count of tax evasion (26 U.S.C.A § 7201), and four counts of false subscription on a tax return (26 U.S.CA § 7206(1));

And JOAN A. PORRO having been ordered to show cause why she should not be disbarred or otherwise disciplined;

And good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that JOAN A. PORRO be disbarred, effective immediately, and that her name be stricken from the roll of attorneys; 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 JOAN A. PORRO be and hereby is permanently restrained and enjoined from practicing law; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent reimburse the Disciplinary Oversight Committee for appropriate administrative costs incurred in the prosecution of this matter.