MATTER OF MARCUS


286 A.D. 96 (1955)

In the Matter of Morris M. Marcus, an Attorney, Respondent Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Petitioner

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

June 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick H. Block of counsel (Frank H. Gordon, attorney), for petitioner.

Morris M. Marcus, respondent in person.

PECK, P. J., COHN, BREITEL, BASTOW and BOTEIN, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

Respondent, an attorney, is charged with professional misconduct in that he converted to his own use the funds of clients on two occasions, one in 1942, and the other in 1951. The Referee has found that these funds were received in trust for specific purposes and that respondent appropriated them for his own use in disregard of his fiduciary obligations. The record fully supports this conclusion. Respondent's explanations not only fail to disprove...

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