Sex Crimes Get New York Attorney Disbarred
A felony criminal conviction led to disbarment of an attorney by the New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department
On July 14, 2016, the respondent was found guilty in the Supreme Court, Queens County, after a jury trial, of the following crimes: criminal sexual act in the third degree, in violation of Penal Law § 130.40(2), a class E felony (four counts); patronizing a person for prostitution in the third degree, in violation of Penal Law § 230.04, a class A misdemeanor (four counts), and endangering the welfare of a child in violation of Penal Law § 260.10(1), a class A misdemeanor (five counts). On November 23, 2016, the respondent was sentenced to two consecutive one-year sentences, to be served in the custody of the New York City Department of Correction…
The respondent was automatically disbarred and ceased to be an attorney upon his conviction of a felony.
Details from the New York Daily News
A Queens lawyer will serve two years in prison for paying two 16-year-old girls for oral sex and groping, officials said.
Judge Barry Schwartz slapped Eyal Katzman, 58, of Kew Gardens with the penalty Wednesday.
Officials said Katzman lured two John Adams High School students to his home several times for sex acts between September and November 2012.
In one incident, one of the girls performed oral sex on him while he fondled her breasts, according to the Queens district attorney’s office. He paid her after that.
On two other occasions, he performed oral sex on her — and paid her between $100 and $200.
The girl also brought a friend to Katzman’s house.
The friend performed oral sex on Katzman while the other girl watched.
“The defendant — an officer of the court — is now a convicted criminal who has proven himself to be a sexual predator,” Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement.
A jury convicted Katzman in July of criminal sexual acts, patronizing a prostitute and endangering the welfare of a child.
He will have to register as a sex offender when he gets out of prison.
(Mike Frisch)