MATTER OF DEVINE


34 A.D.3d 1178 (2006)

824 N.Y.S.2d 784

In the Matter of PHILIP J. DEVINE, an Attorney, Respondent. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, Petitioner.

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

Decided November 30, 2006.


Per Curiam.

Having reviewed a Referee's report issued after a hearing and having considered petitioner's motion to confirm the report in part and to disaffirm the report in part and respondent's reply to the motion, we find respondent guilty of the following professional misconduct. Respondent distributed advance commissions to the executors of an estate without court approval, in violation of this Court's attorney disciplinary rules (see Code of Professional...

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