Case Name: IN THE MATTER OF THOMAS M. KEARNEY, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1991-03-27
Citations: 123 N.J. 355
Docket Number: 
Parties: IN THE MATTER OF THOMAS M. KEARNEY, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 123
Pages: 355–355

Head Matter:
587 A.2d 625
IN THE MATTER OF THOMAS M. KEARNEY, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW.
March 27, 1991.

Opinion:
ORDER
THOMAS M. KEARNEY, of MONTYALE who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1984, having been Ordered to Show Cause on March 25, 1991, why this Court's Order of temporary suspension should not be continued pending the disposition of ethics proceedings against him, and respondent having failed to appear on the return date of the Order to Show Cause;
It is ORDERED that the suspension of THOMAS M. KEAR-NEY shall continue pending further Order of this Court; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent shall continue to be restrained and enjoined from practicing law during the period of his suspension and that he shall continue to comply with Regulation 23 of the Administrative Guidelines Governing Suspended Attorneys; and it is further
ORDERED that the Office of Attorney Ethics shall take such protective action pursuant to Rule l:20-ll(c) as it deems appropriate, including the transfer to the Clerk of the Superior Court for deposit in the Superior Court Trust Fund the attorney account funds held in any financial institution by THOMAS M. KEARNEY, which funds were restrained from disbursement by this Court's Order of March 14, 1991.