1. Peter James Commarano, an attorney, was charged with violating New Jersey Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC) 8.4(b) and 8.4(c) for accepting $25,000 in illicit cash campaign contributions from a cooperating witness in exchange for his future official assistance and influence in Hoboken government matters pertaining to the witness's real estate development projects. 2. The RPCs Commarano was charged with violating prohibit a lawyer from committing a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer, and from engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation. 3. The Disciplinary Review Board