BARRY IS BARRED FROM WORKING AS ATTORNEY
The Jersey Journal, Jun. 23, 2005

A Hoboken developer and attorney convicted of passing bribes to former Hudson County Executive Robert Janiszewski was disbarred this week by the state's Office of Attorney Ethics.

Joseph Barry, already serving a 25-month prison term, voluntarily consented to disbarment last month, according to court records.

Barry is the former president of Hoboken-based Applied Development. He pleaded guilty last year to giving Janiszewski nearly $115,000 in payoffs to obtain government contracts.

The disbarment document issued by the Office of Attorney Ethics -- a division of the state's Supreme Court -- orders Barry's name to be "stricken from the roll of attorneys and that he be permanently restrained and enjoined from practicing law."

Janiszewski -- a four-term county executive -- admitted to extorting "more than "$100,000" from Barry and other contractors as part of his plea agreement and began serving a 41-month sentence last month. For nearly a year, Janiszewski cooperated with government investigators to obtain evidence against Barry and others he had shaken down or who had been participants in his schemes.

New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics
JOSEPH M. BARRY
Disbarred by consent on June 14, 2005 (183 N.J.
553) as a result of a guilty plea in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey to four counts of making cash payments to reward a government official, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 666(a)(2) and 2. Richard J. Engelhardt represented the OAE before the DRB and James Plaisted represented the respondent. The respondent was previously disciplined: Temporarily suspended on September 7, 2004.