MATTER OF CULHANE


49 A.D.3d 64 (2007)

848 N.Y.S.2d 165

In the Matter of THOMAS J. CULHANE (Admitted as THOMAS JOSEPH CULHANE), a Disbarred Attorney, Petitioner, DEPARTMENTAL DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT, Respondent.

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

December 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Cahill, Chief Counsel, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, New York City (Raymond Vallejo of counsel), for respondent.

Stillman, Friedman & Shechtman, P.C. (John B. Harris of counsel), for petitioner.

ANDRIAS, J.P., SAXE, NARDELLI and MALONE, JJ., concur; McGUIRE, J., dissents in a separate opinion.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

Petitioner Thomas J. Culhane was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New York by the First Judicial Department on June 29, 1954. On June 9, 1998, petitioner pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York to a one count information alleging conspiracy to commit mail fraud in violation of 18 USC §§ 371 and 1341 et seq. Petitioner admitted that he had conspired...

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