Case Name: In the MATTER OF Richard Patrick EARLEY, an Attorney at Law (Attorney No. 026761998)
Court: New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 2017-12-07
Citations: 173 A.3d 1090
Docket Number: D–141 September Term 2016; 079365
Parties: In the MATTER OF Richard Patrick EARLEY, an Attorney at Law (Attorney No. 026761998)
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 173
Pages: 1090–1090

Head Matter:
In the MATTER OF Richard Patrick EARLEY, an Attorney at Law (Attorney No. 026761998)
D-141 September Term 2016
079365
Supreme Court of New Jersey.
December 7, 2017
ORDER

Opinion:
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 16-283, concluding on the record certified to the Disciplinary Review Board pursuant to Rule 1:20-4(f)(default by respondent) that RICHARD PATRICK EARLEY of CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1998, should be censured for violating RPC 1.1(a) (gross neglect), RPC 1.3 (lack of diligence), RPC 1.4(b) (failure to keep a client reasonably informed about the status of the matter and to comply with reasonable requests for information), and RPC 8.1(b) (failure to cooperate with disciplinary authorities), and good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that RICHARD PATRICK EARLEY is hereby censured; 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.