MATTER OF DISTEFANO


309 A.D.2d 1060 (2003)

766 N.Y.S.2d 385

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

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

Decided October 28, 2003.


Per Curiam.

Petitioner moves to confirm a Referee's report insofar as it sustained charges of professional misconduct against respondent and to disaffirm the report to the extent that it failed to sustain charges. Respondent also moves to confirm the report in part and to reject the report in part.

We find that, in violation of the attorney disciplinary rules, respondent neglected client matters (see 22 NYCRR 1200.30 [a] [3]), failed to communicate...

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