IN RE: Richard D. CARUSO (1998)

ORDER

The Disciplinary Review Board on December 9, 1997, having filed with the Court it decision concluding that RICHARD D. CARUSO of BRICK, who was admitted to the bar of this State in 1986, should be reprimanded for violating RPC 1.1(a) (gross neglect), RPC 1.3 (lack of diligence), RPC 3.2 (failure to expedite litigation), and RPC 8.1(b) (failure to cooperate in a disciplinary  investigation), and the Disciplinary Review Board having further concluded that respondent should be required to practice under supervision for a period of one year, and good cause appearing;

It is ORDERED that RICHARD D. CARUSO is hereby reprimanded;  and it is further

ORDERED that respondent shall practice law under the supervision of a practicing attorney approved by the Office of Attorney Ethics for a period of one year and until further Order of the 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 incurred in the prosecution of this matter.