IN THE MATTER OF ABBOTT


65 A.D.3d 1419 (2009)

885 N.Y.S.2d 233

In the Matter of RICHARD D. ABBOTT, an Attorney, Respondent. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, Petitioner.

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

Decided September 17, 2009.


Per Curiam.

By order dated September 12, 2001, the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County, Massachusetts, suspended respondent for 30 months for violations of the Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct. In the Massachusetts proceeding, respondent was disciplined for failing to diligently pursue postconviction relief for his client, intentionally misrepresenting the status of the case to bar counsel, misrepresenting the contents of a document to the client...

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