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IN RE POLK LICENSE REVOCATION

178 N.J. Super. 191 (1981)

428 A.2d 551

IN THE MATTER OF THE REVOCATION OF THE LICENSE OF IRWIN JACOB POLK, M.D., LICENSE NO. 14816, TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Sills argued the cause for appellant (Sills, Beck, Cummis, Radin & Tischman, attorneys; Mr. Sills and Elliott Louis Pell on the brief).

Bertram P. Goltz, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (John J. Degnan, Attorney General, attorney; Erminie L. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

Before Judges ALLCORN, PRESSLER and FURMAN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by ALLCORN, P.J.A.D.

In a relatively recent determination, our Supreme Court once again set forth the policy bases underlying the disciplining of attorneys and the imposition of sanctions in appropriate cases.

The court stated in In re Logan, 70 N.J. 222 (1976):

The purpose of a disciplinary sanction, whether it be a reprimand, suspension, or a disbarment, is not punishment...

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