Court Opinion

ID: 7327491
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-25 22:01:37.049424+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:20:04.832257
License: Public Domain

ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 04-461, 04-462, and 04-U63, concluding that RIERAN P. HUGHES of WESTFIELD, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1985, should be reprimanded for violating RPC 1.3 (lack of diligence), RPC 1.4(a) (failure to communicate with client), and RPC 1.16(d) (failure to protect client’s interests on termination of representation), and good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that RIERAN P. HUGHES 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 incurred in the prosecution of this matter.