
    894 A.2d 656
    IN THE MATTER OF FRANKLIN H. BARNES, IV, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW (ATTORNEY NO. 026961992).
    March 29, 2006.
   ORDER

The Disciplinary Review Board having filed with the Court its decision in DRB 05-334, concluding on the record certified to the Board pursuant to Rule 1:20-4(f) (default by respondent), that FRANKLIN H. BARNES, IV, of RANDOLPH, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1992, should be reprimanded for violating RPC 1.3 (lack of diligence) and RPC 8.1(b) (failure to cooperate with cooperate with disciplinary authorities), and good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that FRANKLIN H. BARNES, IV, is hereby reprimanded; 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.  