MATTER OF CLARKE

No. M3539

71 A.D.3d 33 (2009)

891 N.Y.S.2d 342

In the Matter of VERNELL A. CLARKE (Admitted as VERNELL ASHTON CLARKE), an Attorney, Respondent. DEPARTMENTAL DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT, Petitioner.

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

Decided December 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan W. Friedberg, Chief Counsel, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, New York City ( Naomi F. Goldstein of counsel), for petitioner.

Freeman, Nooter & Ginsberg ( Louis M. Freeman of counsel), for respondent.

MAZZARELLI, J.P., MOSKOWITZ, ACOSTA, FREEDMAN and RICHTER, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

Respondent Vernell A. Clarke was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New York by the First Judicial Department on June 12, 1991 under the name Vernell Ashton Clarke. At all times relevant to his misconduct, respondent maintained an office for the practice of law within the First Judicial Department. By order entered October 12, 2006, this Court indefinitely suspended respondent from the practice of law upon the...

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