MATTER OF CROAK


277 A.D.2d 871 (2000)

717 N.Y.S.2d 679

In the Matter of RICHARD CROAK, an Attorney, Respondent. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, Petitioner.

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

Decided November 28, 2000.


Per Curiam.

We confirm a Referee's report insofar as it sustained seven charges of professional misconduct against respondent and did not sustain charge IV; we disaffirm the report insofar as it sustained the excessive fee charge. We have heard respondent in mitigation.

On July 2, 1998, respondent negotiated and deposited into his escrow account a tax refund check he had received on behalf of a bankruptcy client...

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