Case Name: IN THE MATTER OF JOHN F. HAMILL, JR., AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (ATTORNEY NO. 024051980)
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 2007-05-10
Citations: 190 N.J. 333
Docket Number: 
Parties: IN THE MATTER OF JOHN F. HAMILL, JR., AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (ATTORNEY NO. 024051980).
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 190
Pages: 333–333

Head Matter:
920 A.2d 1227
IN THE MATTER OF JOHN F. HAMILL, JR., AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (ATTORNEY NO. 024051980).
May 10, 2007.

Opinion:
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 06-310, concluding on the record certified to the Board pursuant to Rule l:20-4(f) (default by respondent), that JOHN F. HAMILL, JR., of JERSEY CITY, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1980, should be reprimanded for violating RPC 1.16(d) (failure to protect a client's interests on termination of representation) and RPC 8.1(b) (failure to comply with lawful demand for information from a disciplinary authority), and good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that JOHN F. HAMILL, JR., is hereby reprimanded; 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 and actual expenses incurred in the prosecution of this matter, as provided in Rule 1:20-17.