Struck From The Rolls

The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department entered an order today imposing discipline against a former Legal Aid Society attorney for the following misconduct:

“… respondent pleaded guilty to unlawful surveillancein the second degree (Penal Law § 250.45), a class E felony. At theplea hearing, he admitted that during the period from approximately May25, 2004 through September 30, 2004, for his own entertainment, heintentionally used an imaging device to surreptitiously record andreview a person dressing or undressing in the offices at the Legal AidSociety when that person had a reasonable expectation of privacy, andwithout that person’s knowledge. Respondent is scheduled to besentenced on December 3, 2007, to a promised sentence of a conditionaldischarge, the condition being one year of weekly counseling with proofof continued counseling.”

The order struck the attorney from the rolls as a result of the felony conviction. (Mike Frisch)