MATTER OF WIESNER

Nos. 1353, 3805, 318.

94 A.D.3d 167 (2012)

943 N.Y.S.2d 410

2012 NY Slip Op 2069

In the Matter of NEAL EUGENE WIESNER, for Admission as an Attorney and Counselor-at-Law.

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

Decided March 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Committee on Character and Fitness for the First Judicial Department ( Maria M. Matos, Executive Secretary).

Ariyike Oshunkoya Diggs , for petitioner.

MAZZARELLI, MANZANET-DANIELS and ROMÁN, JJ., concur with TOM, J.P.; SAXE, J., dissents in a separate opinion.


OPINION OF THE COURT

TOM, J.

Petitioner, a twice-convicted felon, submitted his tenth renewed application to the Committee on Character and Fitness for admission to the bar. The unusual and lengthy history of petitioner's efforts to gain admission to the New York bar has been affected by differing views of whether petitioner has the moral character and fitness to practice law. The impediment to approval has...

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