Order and Notice – Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection – Foreign In-House Counsel 2023 Ineligible List

Foreign In-House Counsel Ineligibility Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2 
 

Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2, the Trustees of the New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection (“Fund”) have reported to the Supreme Court the names of those foreign in-house counsel who have neither made full payment to the Fund, the Disciplinary Oversight Committee, and the Lawyers Assistance Program for the calendar year 2023, nor demonstrated that they are not obligated to make such payment;

And the Court having had the Trustees send notice to each such foreign in-house counsel that failure to pay on or before the April 28, 2023 deadline would result in ineligibility and assessment of additional fees;

And notwithstanding the fact that every reasonable effort has been made by the Trustees to notify all foreign in-house counsel of their obligations to file an annual registration statement and make payment to the Fund, unless not obligated to do so, the foreign in-house counsel whose names appear on the attached Ineligible List have, as of the date of this Order, failed either to make full payment or to demonstrate that they are not obligated to make such payment; 

IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to Rule 1:28-2, each foreign in-house counsel whose name appears on the attached Ineligible List shall be ineligible to act as foreign in-house counsel in New Jersey, effective June 26, 2023; and it is further

ORDERED that each foreign in-house counsel whose name is included on the attached Ineligible List shall remain ineligible to act as foreign in-house counsel in New Jersey until such attorney files the annual registration statement for the current year AND either demonstrates no obligation to pay or pays ALL of the following:  this year’s annual assessment, the late fee, any arrears due from prior years, and a reinstatement fee of $50 if being removed from one calendar year's Ineligible List or $100 if being removed from two or more calendar years' Lists; and it is further 

ORDERED that this Order and the attached list of foreign in-house counsel are to be posted on the Judiciary's website and published in the New Jersey Law Journal no later than June 26, 2023, and that a copy of this Order be mailed to each foreign in-house counsel whose name appears on the attached list at their address of record and to the employer of each foreign in-house counsel whose name appears on the list; and it is further

ORDERED that any amendments or corrections to this Order shall be posted and published as soon as may be practicable.