211 A.D. 644 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1925
The respondent was admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the State of New York in November, 1921,
It also appears that he is now serving said sentences in said United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., and that the notice of petition herein was there served upon him personally.
Section 477 of the Judiciary Law provides that “ Any person being an attorney and counsellor-at-law, who shall be convicted of a felony, shall, upon such conviction, cease to be an attorney and counsellor-at-law, or to be competent to practice law as such.” Subdivision 3 of section 88 of the Judiciary Law provides that “ Whenever any attorney and counsellor-at-law shall be convicted of a felony, there may be presented to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court a certified or exemplified copy of the judgment of such conviction, and thereupon the name of the person so convicted shall, by order of the court, be stricken from the roll of attorneys.”
It follows, therefore, that upon the conviction of the felonies as aforesaid, and the sentence adjudged by the court, respondent should be disbarred, and it is so ordered.
Respondent disbarred. Settle order on notice.