MATTER OF RIZZO


38 A.D.3d 63 (2007)

830 N.Y.S.2d 175

In the Matter of JOSEPH MICHAEL RIZZO, 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.

January 16, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diana Maxfield Kearse, Brooklyn, for petitioner.

Nicholas C. Cooper, New York City, for respondent.

PRUDENTI, P.J., MILLER, SCHMIDT, CRANE and RITTER, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

Both the respondent's attorney, Nicholas C. Cooper, and the Clerk of the New York State Supreme Court, Queens County, have apprised the Court of the respondent's conviction on August 28, 2006, of scheme to defraud in the first degree, in violation of Penal Law § 190.65 (1) (b), a class E felony.

The Grievance Committee now moves for an order striking the respondent's...

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