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MATTER OF ADVISORY COM. ON PRO. ETHICS

125 N.J. 181 (1991)

592 A.2d 1210

IN THE MATTER OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS OPINION 635.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 25, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Bossong, Director and Counsel, argued the cause for appellant New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection (Kenneth J. Bossong, attorney; Marian B. Copeland, Deputy Counsel, on the briefs).

David E. Johnson, Jr., Counsel, argued the cause for appellant Office of Attorney Ethics (David E. Johnson, attorney; Richard J. Engelhardt, Assistant Ethics Counsel, of counsel and on the brief).

Alexander P. Waugh, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent, Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics (Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

PER CURIAM.

This appeal challenges the approval by the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics (ACPE) of the use of an "Authorization to Endorse" form (the form). When executed by the client, the form would authorize the lawyer to endorse the client's name on a draft representing the amount of the settlement in a tort action. The lawyer would then deposit the endorsed draft in his or her trust account before final distribution...

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