MATTER OF FREEDMAN


7 A.D.2d 447 (1959)

In the Matter of Leonard Irwin Freedman (Admitted as Leonard Freedman), 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.

April 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond P. Whearty of counsel (Frank H. Gordon, attorney), for petitioner.

Samuel J. Siegel for respondent.

BOTEIN, J. P., BREITEL, M. M. FRANK, McNALLY and STEVENS, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

Five charges of professional misconduct were brought against respondent in the original and supplemental petitions. The charges involved solicitation and overreaching of clients, repeated institution of baseless litigation, failure to adequately investigate the claims of a client and respondent's delay in paying a judgment entered against him. The Referee dismissed the charges which related to overreaching...

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