IN THE MATTER OF BALIS

No. M2092

70 A.D.3d 76 (2009)

890 N.Y.S.2d 507

2009 NY Slip Op 9060

In the Matter of GEORGE S. BALIS (Admitted as GEORGE STEVEN BALIS), a Suspended Attorney, Respondent. DEPARTMENTAL DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT, Petitioner.

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

Decided December 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP (Hal R. Lieberman of counsel), for respondent.

SAXE, J.P., SWEENY, CATTERSON and MOSKOWITZ, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

Respondent George S. Balis was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New York by the First Judicial Department on March 1, 1976 under the name George Steven Balis. At the time of his interim suspension, respondent maintained a law practice in Yonkers, New York.

On August 9, 2005, respondent was convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Lynch, J.), after a jury trial...

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