No Hac Vice

A reciprocal censure has been ordered by the New York Appellate Division for the Fourth Judicial Department

In an opinion and order dated January 11, 2018, the Committee on Grievances of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (District Court) censured respondent upon a finding that he had appeared in two separate matters before District Court without having been admitted to practice law before that court. District Court further found that respondent had filed false affirmations concerning the status of his admission. Although District Court noted in mitigation that respondent had an otherwise unblemished disciplinary record after 27 years in the practice of law, the court found in aggravation of the misconduct that respondent had engaged in a “deliberate pattern of misconduct” and had intentionally disregarded District Court’s rules governing admission to practice before that court.

Here

In determining an appropriate sanction, we have considered the nature of the misconduct, as well as the aggravating and mitigating factors found by District Court. Accordingly, we conclude that respondent should be censured.

(Mike Frisch)