MATTER OF FISHMAN

M5534.

61 A.D.3d 159 (2009)

874 N.Y.S.2d 84

In the Matter of SAMUEL A. FISHMAN (Admitted as SAMUEL AARON FISHMAN), an Attorney, Respondent. DEPARTMENTAL DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT, Petitioner.

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

Decided February 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan W. Friedberg, Chief Counsel, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, New York City (Raymond Vallejo of counsel), for petitioner.

No appearance for respondent.

Concur — TOM, J.P., GONZALEZ, BUCKLEY, SWEENY and CATTERSON, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

Respondent Samuel A. Fishman was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New York by the Second Judicial Department on March 10, 1982, under the name Samuel Aaron Fishman. At all times relevant herein, respondent was a partner in a law firm located within the First Judicial Department.

On March 28, 2008, respondent pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, to...

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