The New Jersey Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether litigator David Gross should be disbarred for keeping a $50,000 bonus from a satisfied client rather than turning it over to his firm, Budd Larner. "The firm had no right" to the money, Gross' attorney argued, since it was "a payment over and above legal fees." Justice Robert Rivera-Soto said that "at the very least" Gross should have told his partners about the gift and that the fact that he cloaked it in so much secrecy "strikes me as a little odd."
April 28, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The New Jersey Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether renowned litigator David Gross should be disbarred for keeping a $50,000 bonus from a satisfied client, rather than turning it over to his firm.
The Disciplinary Review Board in January said he should be: that his failure to share the bounty with his firm, Budd Larner of Short Hills, N.J., was willful misappropriation, punishable in New Jersey by automatic, permanent disbarment, just like for stealing client funds.
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