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MATTER OF ABELSON

15 A.D.3d 127 (2005)

789 N.Y.S.2d 894

In the Matter of RICHARD H. ABELSON, an Attorney, Respondent. GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE SECOND AND ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, Petitioner.

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

February 22, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diana Maxfield Kearse, Brooklyn, for petitioner.

Timothy J. Brennan, White Plains, for respondent.

PRUDENTI, P.J., FLORIO, RITTER, SANTUCCI and GOLDSTEIN, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

By affidavit dated March 9, 2004, the respondent submitted an affidavit of resignation in which he acknowledged that the Grievance Committee was conducting an investigation into allegations that he converted his clients' funds. He acknowledges that he could not defend himself on the merits against charges predicated upon the misconduct under investigation.

On August 25, 2004, the respondent entered a plea of guilty...

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