In re Young Min Kim

ORDER

The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 21-275, recommending on the record certified to the Board pursuant to Rule 1: 20-4(f) (default by respondent) that Young Min Kim, formerly of Fort Lee, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 2006, and who has been suspended from the practice of law since June 15, 2016, be disbarred, the Board finding that respondent violated RPC 5.5 (a) (1) (knowingly practicing law while suspended), RPC 8.1 (b) (failing to cooperate with disciplinary authorities), and RPC 8.4 (c) (engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation);

And the Court having ordered Young Min Kim to show cause why he should not be disbarred or otherwise disciplined;

And good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that Young Min Kim be disbarred, effective immediately, and that his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys; and it is further

ORDERED that Young Min Kim be and hereby is permanently restrained and enjoined from practicing law; and it is further

ORDERED that Young Min Kim comply with Rule 1:20-20 dealing with disbarred attorneys; and it is further

ORDERED that all funds and restrained from disbursement pursuant to the Order of this Court filed June 15, 2016, shall be transferred by the financial institution in which they are held to the Clerk of the Superior Court, who is directed to deposit the funds in the Superior Court Trust Fund, where they shall remain restrained from disbursement except on application to this Court, for good cause shown, pending the further Order of this Court; 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.

WITNESS, the Honorable Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice, at Trenton, this 7th day of November, 2022.