Matter of Lubenesky

Holding The court granted the Attorney Grievance Committee’s motion for reciprocal discipline, publicly censuring the respondent for failing to comply with record-keeping requirements and promptly returning client funds. The court deferred to the sanction imposed by the New Jersey Disciplinary Board, finding that public censure was commensurate with the discipline imposed in the foreign jurisdiction.

The court’s words

public censure, as requested by the AGC, is the appropriate sanction here as it is commensurate with the discipline imposed in New Jersey

252 AD3d 102, at the official text

this Court defers to the sanction imposed by the jurisdiction in which the charges were originally brought because the foreign jurisdiction has the greatest interest in fashioning sanctions for misconduct

252 AD3d 102, at the official text