Case ID: nj_35/html/0197-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Per Curiam.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

IN THE MATTER OF JAMES E. CLARKIN, A COUNSELLOR AT LAW OF NEW JERSEY.
    Argued June 6, 1961
    Decided June 30, 1961.
    
      Mr. William JS. McGlynn argued the cause on behalf of the Hudson County Ethics Committee.
    
      Mr. James TH. Olarlcin argued the cause pro se.
    
   The opinion of the court was delivered

Per Curiam.

Respondent was entrusted with $300 to be used to settle a claim against his client. He converted the moneys to his own use. This misconduct would not ordinarily lead to disbarment, but further circumstances permit no other course. At the oral argument respondent’s statements disclosed an inability to appreciate the wrongfulness of his act. Further, he represented to us that a certified check to reimburse the client was at that very moment being hand-delivered to the client’s present attorney. We were later informed the representation was not fulfilled. Upon our direction, the Ethics Committee advised respondent to file an affidavit by a fixed date if he disputed the fact of non-repayment. No affidavit was filed

The respondent’s name will be stricken from the rolls.

For disbarment — Chief Justice Weintraub, and Justices Jacobs, Erancis, Proctor, Hall, Schettino and HaneMAN — 7.

Opposed — None.