MATTER OF SMITH


48 A.D.3d 72 (2007)

848 N.Y.S.2d 353

In the Matter of MICHAEL JAY SMITH, an Attorney, Respondent. GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, Petitioner.

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

December 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Casella, White Plains (Antonia Cipollone of counsel), for petitioner.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

The respondent was suspended from the practice of law for 60 days and placed on probation for 12 months by the Indiana Supreme Court, effective September 11, 2006, for violating rule 1.5 (c) of the Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct by failing to have a written contingency fee agreement signed by his client, and for violating rule 1.15 (a) for failure to have an identified...

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