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MATTER OF ROTH

120 N.J. 665 (1990)

577 A.2d 490

IN THE MATTER OF LEE B. ROTH, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 2, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isabel Frank, First Assistant Counsel, argued the cause on behalf of Disciplinary Review Board.

William R. Wood, Deputy Ethics Counsel, argued the cause on behalf of Office of Attorney Ethics.

William B. Scatchard, Jr., argued the cause for respondent (Capehart & Scatchard, attorneys).

Jeffrey A. Bartolino, Deputy Attorney General, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae New Jersey Real Estate Commission (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Michael R. Clancy, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Alan J. Pogarsky, President, submitted a letter brief on behalf of amicus curiae New Jersey State Bar Association.

PER CURIAM.

This is an attorney-disciplinary matter. Respondent, Lee B. Roth, was found to have violated our ethics rules by attempting to obtain a real estate commission in a transaction in which he also served as the attorney for a prospective buyer of residential real estate. The case impels us to determine the appropriate ethics standards governing an attorney who undertakes to represent a client as both attorney and real estate broker in the same transaction...

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