MATTER OF LEFF


63 A.D.3d 57 (2009)

876 N.Y.S.2d 62

In the Matter of STEVEN M. LEFF (Admitted as STEVEN MITCHELL LEFF), an Attorney, Respondent. DEPARTMENTAL DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT, Petitioner.

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

Decided April 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Hoffman & Pollok, LLP (Jeffrey Hoffman of counsel), for respondent.

MAZZARELLI, J.P., ANDRIAS, FRIEDMAN, BUCKLEY and CATTERSON, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Guriam.

Respondent Steven M. Leff was admitted to the practice of law by the Second Judicial Department on February 24, 1988, as Steven Mitchell Leff. By order entered August 3, 2000, this Court suspended respondent from the practice of law for a period of three years for inducing a client to lend him money by means of misrepresentation and for testifying falsely about the matter during the course of the Disciplinary Committee's...

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