MATTER OF KELSO


87 A.D.2d 88 (1982)

In the Matter of Robert Watson Kelso, an Attorney, Respondent. Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District, Petitioner

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

June 1, 1982


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Casella (Timothy J. Brennan of counsel), for petitioner.

G. R. Bartlett, Jr., for respondent.

MOLLEN, P. J., DAMIANI, TITONE, LAZER and MANGANO, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

The respondent was admitted to practice by this court on April 4, 1956.

The referee found the respondent guilty of the following misconduct: agreeing to represent a client in a personal injury suit, although the client had already received approximately $2,000 in a workers' compensation claim, when the respondent knew that a civil suit was precluded by law; falsely informing the above-mentioned client that a civil suit was pending in court...

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