Case Name: IN THE MATTER OF RALPH FUCETOLA, III, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1997-01-06
Citations: 147 N.J. 255
Docket Number: 
Parties: IN THE MATTER OF RALPH FUCETOLA, III, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 147
Pages: 255–256

Head Matter:
686 A.2d 759
IN THE MATTER OF RALPH FUCETOLA, III, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW.
January 6, 1997.

Opinion:
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board on June 27, 1996, having filed with the Court its decision concluding that RALPH FUCE-TOLA, III, of MORRISTOWN, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1971, should be reprimanded for failure to comply with the recordkeeping requirements of Rule 1:21-6, in violation of RPC 1.15, as a result of which client funds were negligently misappropriated;
And the Disciplinary Review Board having further concluded that respondent should be required to retain the services of a bookkeeper and to file quarterly accounting reports with the Office of Attorney Ethics for a period of two years;
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that RALPH FUCETOLA, III, is hereby reprimanded; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent shall retain a bookkeeper for his attorney recordkeeping responsibilities and on a schedule to be determined by the Office of Attorney Ethics, shall file quarterly audits of the accounts required to be maintained by Rule 1:21-6 with the Office of Attorney Ethics for a period of two years and until further Order of the Court; 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 incurred in the prosecution of this matter.