
    In the MATTER OF Benjamin MORTON, an Attorney At Law (Attorney No. 050681998)
    D-12 September Term 2017 080073
    Supreme Court of New Jersey.
    November 1, 2017
    ORDER
   This matter having been duly presented pursuant to Rule 1:20-10(b)(1), following a granting of a motion for discipline by consent in DRB 17-229 of BENJAMIN MORTON of NEWARK, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1998;

And the Office of Attorney Ethics and respondent having signed a stipulation of discipline by consent in which it was agreed that respondent violated RPC 1.15(d) (failure to comply with the recordkeeping requirements of Rule 1:21-6);

And the parties having agreed that respondent's conduct violated RPC 1.15(d) (failure to comply with the recordkeeping requirements of Rule 1:21-6), and that said conduct warrants a censure or such lesser discipline as the Board may deem appropriate;

And the Disciplinary Review Board having determined that a reprimand is the appropriate discipline for respondent's unethical conduct and having granted the motion for discipline by consent in VA-2016-0004E and good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that BENJAMIN MORTON 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.  