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MATTER OF KOFFLER

51 N.Y.2d 140 (1980)

In the Matter of Alfred S. Koffler and William H. Harrison, Jr., Attorneys, Appellants. Joint Bar Association Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin L. Wulf and Thomas P. Kerrigan for appellants.

Francis F. Doran, James R. Augenthaler and Grace D. Moran for respondent.

Frederic Block, Richard C. Cahn and Bernard J. Reilly for New York State Bar Association, amicus curiae.

David C. Vladeck and Alan B. Morrison for New York Public Interest Research Group and others, amici curiae.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur.

MEYER, J.

Direct mail solicitation of potential clients by lawyers is constitutionally protected commercial speech which may be regulated but not proscribed. The Appellate Division's contrary holding, predicated upon an artificial distinction between solicitation and advertising, should, therefore, be reversed, without costs.

The appeal comes before us as of right, on constitutional grounds. It is from...

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