MATTER OF BACKAL


208 A.D.2d 176 (1995)

In the Matter of Lorraine Backal (Admitted as Lorraine Backal Israel), an Attorney, Respondent. Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Judicial Department, Petitioner

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

February 16, 1995


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara S. Gillers of counsel (Hal R. Lieberman, attorney), for petitioner.

Michael Kennedy for respondent.

WALLACH, J. P., KUPFERMAN, ROSS, NARDELLI and TOM, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

This is a motion for interim suspension from practice pending consideration of charges of professional misconduct (22 NYCRR 603.4 [e]).

Respondent was admitted to the New York Bar at the Second Judicial Department in 1953, as Lorraine Backal Israel, and thereafter practiced law in New York City, specializing in trusts and estates and criminal defense. In 1989 she ascended the Civil Court Bench in the...

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