MATTER OF SCHUNKE

2009-01777

66 A.D.3d 288 (2009)

886 N.Y.S.2d 38

In the Matter of JOHN H. SCHUNKE, JR. (Admitted as JOHN HENRY SCHUNKE, JR.), an Attorney, Respondent. GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, Petitioner.

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

Decided August 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita E. Adler, Hauppauge (Michele Filosa of counsel), for petitioner.

PRUDENTI, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SPOLZINO and SKELOS, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

On September 13, 2004, while representing the sellers in a real estate transaction, the respondent received a $50,000 deposit check from the buyer, Garden State Land and Commercial, LLC (hereinafter Garden State), payable to the sellers. The respondent deposited those funds into his attorney trust account on September 22, 2004. Although the transaction never reached fruition, the...

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