MATTER OF VON WIEGEN


63 N.Y.2d 163 (1984)

In the Matter of Eric P. von Wiegen, an Attorney, Appellant. Committee on Professional Standards, Third Judicial Department, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Cohen and Arthur L. Rosen for appellant.

Daniel J. Persing and George B. Burke for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, MEYER and KAYE concur; Judge WACHTLER taking no part.


SIMONS, J.

This is a lawyer disciplinary proceeding which has resulted in respondent's suspension from the practice of law for six months because he solicited by mail the victims and families of the 250 persons injured when the sky-walk collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, in July, 1981, he did so by letters that were false and misleading and because, in unrelated advertising, he used...

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