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47 A.3d 668
    IN THE MATTER OF JOSEPH JEROME FELL, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (ATTORNEY NO. 033601992).
    July 18, 2012.
   ORDER

The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 12-005, concluding that JOSEPH JEROME FELL of BERNARDSVILLE, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1992, should be reprimanded for violating RPC 1.8(a)(2) (entering into a business transaction with a client without advising the client, in wilting, of the desirability of seeking the advice of independent counsel), and RPC 1.8(a)(3) (entering into a business transaction with a client without obtaining the client’s written informed consent to the terms of the transaction and the lawyer’s role in the transaction), and good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that JOSEPH JEROME FELL is hereby reprimanded; 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.