In re Ruffolo

CONSENT ORDER

This matter having been opened to the Court by the Office of Attorney Ethics, and with the consent of Mark Edward Ruffolo of Ramsey, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1995, to be transferred to disability inactive status pursuant to Rule 1:20-12;

And Mark Edward Ruffolo ("counsel") and the Office of Attorney Ethics having agreed that counsel lacks the capacity to engage in the practice of law and should be transferred to disability inactive status pursuant to Rule 1:20-12;

And good cause appearing; It is ORDERED that Mark Edward Ruffolo is hereby transferred to disability inactive status, effective immediately, and until further order of the Court; and it is further

ORDERED that counsel shall not return to active status unless and until counsel demonstrates that counsel has regained the capacity to practice law; and it is further

ORDERED that counsel is hereby restrained from practicing law during the period that counsel remains on disability inactive status; and it is further

ORDERED that all funds, if any, presently existing or hereinafter deposited in any attorney trust account or attorney business account in any New Jersey financial institution maintained by counsel pursuant to Rule 1:21-6 shall be restrained from disbursement and shall be transmitted by the banks which are the present custodians thereof to the Clerk of the Superior Court for deposit in the Superior Court Trust Fund pending further order of the Court; and it is further

ORDERED that counsel comply with Rule 1:20-20 governing incapacitated attorneys; and it is further

ORDERED that the entire record of this matter be made a permanent part of counsel’s file as an attorney at law of this State.