A convicted attorney has been disbarred by the New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department

On February 12, 2018, the respondent was convicted, upon his pleas of guilty, in the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey, Bergen County, under two separate indictments and an accusation, of maintaining or operating a controlled dangerous substance production facility, in violation of NJ Stat § 2C:35-4, a felony. During the plea proceeding, the respondent admitted that during the period October 7, 2016, to February 17, 2017, and prior to his arrest on January 11, 2018, in his Hackensack, New Jersey apartment, he maintained and operated a facility for the packaging and sale of cocaine. The respondent further acknowledged that he sold cocaine during the subject period; that police were able to obtain a search warrant for his apartment; and that, upon execution of the warrant, police seized cocaine, equipment for the weighing,
packaging, sale and distribution thereof, as well as more than $15,000 in cash. On April 6, 2018, the respondent was sentenced to three concurrent 12-year sentences of imprisonment.

Despite being served with this Court’s June 26, 2020 order to show cause directing the respondent to show cause why a final order of suspension, censure, or disbarment should not be made based on his conviction of a serious crime, the respondent has neither served a response, nor has he requested additional time in which to do so.

(Mike Frisch)