Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection Announces Deadlines for Claims

TRENTON – Any person who intends to file a claim with the fund against any of the attorneys listed below must file prior to the deadlines listed.
The fund’s purpose is to pay on behalf of the honest majority of lawyers for the wrongdoing of a few.
For a claim to be compensable, the attorney against whom it is filed must have been a member of the bar, acting as either attorney or fiduciary, at the time of the incident; and unless deceased, must have been disbarred,suspended or placed on disability inactive status from the bar, or convicted of embezzlement or other misappropriation of property. The attorney’s conduct giving rise to the claim must have been dishonest rather than negligent.
The issuance of the Supreme Court’s determination to suspend or disbar an attorney activates the fund’s jurisdiction to receive claims against that attorney. There is a one-year deadline after the discipline is issued to the attorney for clients to file claims. The client’s claim does not need to be included in the ethics determination to be compensable. Discipline of the attorney does not guarantee compensability for any specific claim.
Attorneys can be disciplined for conduct other than misappropriation.
The fund can provide up to $1.5 million in claims against a lawyer.
To receive a claim form, write to the New Jersey Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection, Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, P.O. Box 961, Trenton, NJ 08625-0961, or call 855-533-FUND (3863). The form must be completed, notarized and returned with copies of any proof of the transaction. There is no filing fee. Claimants assisted in their claims by practicing attorneys receive their representation free of charge.
Any person having a claim that has not been filed involving the following attorneys must file a claim with the New Jersey Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection prior to the deadline dates indicated below:
Barringer, Jennifer Lee
Unkown
May 15, 2015
Brollesy, Hany S.
Monmouth
June 12, 2015
Brown, Salemah Malikah K.
Passaic
July 17, 2015
Costill, Keith A.
Mercer
June 9, 2015
Day, Neil M.
Mercer
May 7, 2015
Einhorn, Barbara Kirsch
Somerset
May 23, 2015
Engelhardt, Suzanne L.
Middlesex
April 25, 2015
French, Steven R.
Hudson
April 8, 2015
Frye, Roger Paul
Burlington
May 22, 2015
Ioannou, John Michael
New York
April 8, 2015
Kelley, Daniel B.
Camden
May 19, 2015
Kellner, Stuart A.
Warren
May 6, 2015
Lieberman, Barbara J.
Atlantic
June 4, 2015
Livingston, Richard B.
Essex
June 5, 2015
Luciano, Michael A.
Essex
May 12, 2015
Marum, Scott J.
Morris
June 24, 2015
Meadows, William T.
Camden
May 28, 2015
Nihamin, Felix
New York
July 17, 2015
Sachar, Jonathan Edward
Cape May
June 13, 2015