[brief] TABLE OF CONTENTS  TABLE OF AUTHORITIES .................................................. iii-v PRELIMINARY STATEMENT .............................................  1-2  PROCEDURAL HISTORY ..................................................  2-5  STATEMENT OF FACTS ....................................................  5-9  LEGAL ARGUMENT ..........................................................  9-22  POINT I I.  STANDARDS OF REVIEW (Issue Not Raised Below)  POINT II  APPELLANT’S DECISION TO ENGAGE THE BOARD  ATTORNEY WAS LEGITIMATE BOARD ACTION AND FELL WITHIN HIS AUTHORITY AS BOARD PRESIDENT; THEREFORE, THE [...]’S DECISION WAS ARBITRARY, CAPRICIOUS AND CONTRARY TO LAW (Sg162-163;164-183;192-201).  POINT III  THE [...]’s DECISION WAS ARBITRARY, CAPRICIOUS, AND CONTRARY TO LAW  BECAUSE IT WAS BASED ON DISPUTED  MATERIAL FACTS AND FAILED TO DRAW INFERENCES IN FAVOR OF APPELLANT (Sg001-007;164-183;216-236)  POINT IV  THE RECORD OTHERWISE FAILS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT APPELLANT VIOLATED N.J.S.A. 18A:24(b) and N.J.S.A. 24.1 (e) AND (f); THEREFORE, THE COMMISSIONER’S DECISION WAS ARBITRARY, CAPRICIOUS AND CONTRARY TO LAW(Sg001-007;164-183;192-201;216-236)  POINT V  THE [...]’S CENSURE PENALTY, AND THE COMMISSIONER’S DECISION TO UPHOLD IT, WAS ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS (Sg213-215;232-236) CONCLUSION .................................................. 23 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES  Aldom v. Borough of Roseland, 42 N.J. Super. 495, 502 (App. Div. 1956).................................. 19 Brill v. The Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America, 142 N.J. 520 (1995).................................................................. 18 Bouie v. N.J. Dep’t of Cmty. Affairs, 407 N.J. Super. 518 (App. Div. 2009)........................................ 11 Cheng v. Rodas, West New York Bd. of Ed., Hudson Cty., C58-14 (Sept. 22, 2015) ..............................................14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21 City of Newark v. Nat. Res. Council, Dep't of Env't Prot., 82 N.J. 530 (1980).................................................................... 12 Friends Retirement v. Board of Education, 356 N.J. Super. 203, 214-15 (Law Div. 2002)............................. 19 Hill v. Yaskin, 75 N.J. 139 (1977).................................................................... 17 In re Att'y Gen. Law Enf't Directive Nos. 2020-5 & 2020-6, 246 N.J. 462 (App. Div. 2021)................................................... 12 In re CAFRA Permit No. 87-0959-5, 152 N.J. 287 (App. Div. 1997)................................................... 11 Judson v. Peoples Bank & Trust Co., 17 N.J. 67, 77 (1954).................................................................. 18 Marc Soveleove v. Paul Breda, C49-05 (September 26, 2006)..................................................... 13 Matter of Request to Modify Prison Sentences, 242 N.J. 357 (2020).................................................................. 11 Mazza v. Bd. of Trs., 143 N.J. 22 (1995).................................................................... 11 Petersen v. Falzarano, 6 N.J. 447 (App. Div. 1951).................................................. 10 Rathmann v. Board of Directors, 580 N.W.2d 773, 781-82 (Iowa Sup. Ct. 1998)............................ 20 Russo v. Bd. of Trs., Police & Firemen’s Ret. Sys., 206 N.J. 14 (2011)..................................................................... 12 Saccone v. Bd. of Trs., Police & Firemen’s Ret. Sys., 219 N.J. 369 (2014)................................................................... 11 Silviera-Francisco v. Board of Educ. of City of Elizabeth, 224 N.J. 126 (2016).................................................................10, 11 Zimmerman v. Sussex Cnty. Educ. Servs. Comm’n, 237 N.J. 465 (2019).................................................................. 11 STATE STATUTES N.J.A.C. 6A:4-4.3........................................................................ 5 N.J.S.A. 6A:4-4.3(a).................................................................. 11 N.J.S.A. 12:24.1(e).................................................................... 12 N.J.S.A. 18A:6-9.1.................................................................... 5 N.J.S.A. 18A:12-24(b) .............................................................. 1, 3, 4, 8, 18, 19, 21 N.J.S.A. 18A:12-24.1(b)............................................................... 3 N.J.S.A. 18A:12-24.1(c).............................................................1, 3, 4, 8 N.J.S.A. 18A:12-24.1(e).............................................................1, 3, 4, 8, 15, 18, 19, 21 N.J.S.A. 18A:12-24.1(f) ............................................................ 1, 3, 4, 8, 18, 19, 21 RULES R. 2:2-3(a)(2) ........................................................................................................... 10 R. 2:9-7 .................................................................................................................... 5 STATE CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION