Attorney Emil Restaino of Belleville, NJ; liar, serial offender

The state of New Jersey  presented Emil T. Restaino with a law license in 1984 after he graduated from Rutgers University School of Law.

The New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics found Emil guilty of the following misconduct.

Emil’s 1^st bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Failed to keep client informed as to status of legal matter
• Failed to communicate the basis of his fee in writing
• Failed to promptly surrender client file to substitute counsel
• Failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Screw you, said Emil!)
• Failed to communicate with client

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the New Jersey Supreme Court punished Emil by gifting him  with a complimentary reprimand.

Emil’s 2^nd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Engaged in gross neglect of client legal matters
• Made misrepresentations [lied] to client about status of matter for two years
• Engaged in conduct involving fraud, deceit, dishonesty or misrepresentation

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the New Jersey Supreme Court punished Emil by gifting him  with a complimentary 6-month suspension of his law license.

Emil’s 3^rd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Failed to communicate the basis of his fee in writing
• Failed to communicate with client
• Misrepresented [lied] to client about status of her case

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the New Jersey Supreme Court punished Emil by gifting him  with a complimentary censure.

Emil’s 4^th bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Made misrepresentations [lied] to client
• Engaged in gross neglect of client matter
• Neglected client real estate matter
• Engaged in conduct involving fraud, deceit, dishonesty or misrepresentation
• Engaged in a pattern of neglecting client legal matters
• Failed to maintain required financial records

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the New Jersey Supreme Court punished Emil by gifting him  with a complimentary 2-year suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. January 2019), Emil practices at 98 Franklin Street in Belleville, New Jersey.