Case Title: Matter of Kulesza

Citation: 

Docket Number: 186, 2004

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2004-05-21T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF A 
MEMBER OF THE BAR OF 
THE SUPREME COURT OF 
DELAWARE: 
 
JOSEPH KULESZA, JR., 
 
Respondent.  
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§  No. 186, 2004 
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§  Board on Professional Responsibility   
§  Case No. 1, 2003 
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Submitted: May 6, 2004 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: May 21, 2004 
 
Before BERGER, STEELE, and JACOBS, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 21st day of May 2004, upon consideration of the parties’ 
Stipulation of Disbarment by Consent, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
On January 27, 2003, the respondent, Joseph Kulesza, was 
suspended from the practice of law on an interim basis pending the Board on 
Professional Responsibility’s disposition of disciplinary charges against him. 
On February 6, 2004, following Kulesza’s guilty plea to one count of felony 
theft, the Superior Court sentenced him to two years at Level V 
incarceration, suspended entirely for one year of home confinement and one 
year of probation.  Thereafter, Kulesza and the Office of Disciplinary filed 
with the Court this stipulation of disbarment by consent. 
 
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(2) 
Given his conviction of a serious crime that reflects on his 
fitness as a lawyer,* Kulesza and the Office of Disciplinary Counsel have 
signed and submitted for the Court’s approval a stipulation seeking 
Kulesza’s disbarment from the practice of law without further proceedings. 
Having considered the parties’ stipulation and the circumstances of this case, 
the Court concludes that the stipulation of disbarment by consent should be 
accepted.  Kulesza’s misconduct clearly is serious enough to warrant 
disbarment without further proceedings.  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Joseph D. Kulesza, Jr. is 
hereby DISBARRED from the practice of law in Delaware.  His name shall 
be stricken immediately from the roll of attorneys licensed to practice before 
the Courts of this State.  The Office of Disciplinary Counsel shall 
disseminate this Order in accordance with Rule 14 of the Delaware Lawyers’ 
Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
 
 
 
 
                                                 
* DEL. L.R. PROF. COND. 8.4(b).