IN RE STATE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION

A-80 September Term 2008.

983 A.2d 1097 (2009)

200 N.J. 481

In the Matter of The STATE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Muroski, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant State of New Jersey (Anne Milgram, Attorney General, attorney).

Lawrence S. Lustberg, Newark, argued the cause for respondents Jack Arseneault, Esq., Jerome J. Convery, Esq., Timothy M. Donohue, Esq., and John P. McDonald, Esq. (Gibbons, attorneys; Mr. Lustberg and Jennifer Mara, on the briefs).

Richard A. Rafanello, Bernardsville, argued the cause for respondent Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc. (Shain, Schaffer & Rafanello, attorneys; Mr. Rafanello, Marguerite M. Schaffer, and Gregory B. Pasquale, attorneys, on the briefs).

Nicholas C. Harbist, Princeton, argued the cause for amicus curiae The Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Blank Rome, attorneys; Mr. Harbist, James T. Strawley, and Inez R. McGowan, attorneys, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief).


Justice RIVERA-SOTO delivered the opinion of the Court.

Confronted with a grand jury inquiry that commanded the testimony of several of its employees, an employer elected to provide and pay for counsel to those employees for purposes of that investigation. Fearing that having individual employees/grand jury witnesses represented by counsel retained and compensated by the putative target of the grand jury inquiry violated several of the Rules of Professional Conduct...

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