The Payoff

The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department has accepted an attorney’s resignation and struck him from the roll of attorneys for the following misconduct:

Respondent acknowledges that the law firm in which he was a partner until June 30, 2010, filed a complaint against him with the Committee alleging that from January 2009 to June 2010, respondent used law firm operating funds belonging to his law partner and himself to augment settlement awards to 15 clients for an approximate total of $169,366.62. The complaint states that respondent covered up his neglect of the 15 legal matters by misrepresenting their true status and settlement amounts to several clients and his law partner.

(Mike Frisch)