MATTER OF SOHMER


3 A.D.2d 89 (1956)

In the Matter of Louis Sohmer, 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.

December 31, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George G. Hunter, Jr., of counsel (Frank H. Gordon, attorney), for petitioner.

Louis Kaye for respondent.

PECK, P. J., BOTEIN, RABIN, COX and VALENTE, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

Respondent is charged with professional misconduct in twice converting clients' funds for his personal use. The record establishes ample support for the Referee's findings that respondent not only converted several thousand dollars belonging to his clients but also gave false testimony in an attempt to mask his misconduct. The Referee also found, justifiably, that respondent knowingly issued a large number of bad checks. Respondent should be disbarred...

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