Opinion
D-145 September Term 2020 086034
11-30-2021
In the MATTER OF John Kelvin CONNER, An Attorney At Law (Attorney No. 016941991)
ORDER
The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 20-286, recommending that as a matter of final discipline pursuant to Rule 1:20-13(c)(2), John Kelvin Conner of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1991, and who has been temporarily suspended from the practice of law since July 26, 2019, be disbarred based on respondent's conviction by a jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania of nineteen counts of wire fraud, contrary to 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and one count of making false statements to FBI agents, contrary to 18 U.S.C. § 1001, conduct in violation of RPC 1.15(a) and the principles of In re Wilson, 81 N.J. 451, 409 A.2d 1153 (1979), and In re Hollendonner, 102 N.J. 21, 504 A.2d 1174 (1985) (knowingly misappropriating client or escrow funds), RPC 8.4(b) (committing a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects), and RPC 8.4(c) (engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation),
And John Kelvin Conner having failed to appear on the Order directing him to show cause why he should not be disbarred or otherwise disciplined;
And good cause appearing;
It is ORDERED that John Kelvin Conner be disbarred, effective immediately, and that his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys; and it is further
ORDERED that John Kelvin Conner be and hereby is permanently restrained and enjoined from practicing law; and it is further
ORDERED that all funds, if any, currently existing or hereinafter deposited in any New Jersey financial institution maintained by John Kelvin Conner pursuant to Rule 1:21-6 be restrained from disbursement except on application to this Court, for good cause shown, and shall be transferred by the financial institution to the Clerk of the Superior Court, who is directed to deposit the funds in the Superior Court Trust Fund pending the further Order of this Court; and it is further ORDERED that John Kelvin Conner comply with Rule 1:20-20 dealing with disbarred attorneys; 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.