MATTER OF BUCHBINDER


19 A.D.2d 117 (1963)

In the Matter of Samuel J. Buchbinder, 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 25, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Bonomi of counsel (Raymond P. Whearty with him on the brief), for petitioner.

Michael P. Direnzo for respondent.

BOTEIN, P. J., McNALLY, STEVENS, EAGER and STEUER, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

Respondent was admitted to practice in this Department in 1928. In 1960 he represented one Janes, the owner of a delicatessen, in the sale of that business. As a step in that transaction, the buyers placed $9,000 in escrow with respondent, conditioned upon approval of the transfer of a license to sell beer by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. From the outset, the respondent treated this escrow deposit in an unethical and unprofessional manner...

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