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31 A.3d 620
    IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL WILLIAM KWASNIK, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (ATTORNEY NO. 017911994).
    December 7, 2011.
   ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

The Office of Attorney Ethics having filed with the Court a petition pursuant to Rule 1:20-11, seeking the immediate temporary suspension of MICHAEL WILLIAM KWASNIK of CHERRY HILL, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1994, and good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that the petition is granted and MICHAEL WILLIAM KWASNIK is temporarily suspended from the practice of law, effective immediately and until the further Order of this Court; and it is further

ORDERED that MICHAEL WILLIAM KWASNIK be restrained and enjoined from practicing law during the period of his suspension; and it is further

ORDERED that MICHAEL WILLIAM KWASNIK show cause before this Court on January 18, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. in the Supreme Court courtroom, Hughes Justice Complex, Trenton, why the temporary suspension and the restraints imposed herein should not continue pending the conclusion of the ethics proceedings against him; and it is further

ORDERED that the Director of the Office of Attorney Ethics or his designee present this matter to the Court; and it is further

ORDERED that all funds, if any, currently existing or hereinafter deposited in any New Jersey financial institution maintained by MICHAEL WILLIAM KWASNIK pursuant to Rule 1:21-6 be restrained from disbursement except on application to this Court for good cause shown, pending the further Order of this Court; and it is further

ORDERED that MICHAEL WILLIAM KWASNIK comply with Rule 1:20-20 dealing with suspended 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.