MATTER OF SPECHLER

PM-140-21.

198 A.D.3d 1098 (2021)

155 N.Y.S.3d 615

2021 NY Slip Op 05615

In the Matter of Jay S. Spechler, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2059640.).

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

Decided October 14, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monica A. Duffy , Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany ( Alison M. Coan of counsel), for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.

Jay S. Spechler, Hollywood, Florida, respondent pro se.

Egan, J.P., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Reynolds Fitzgerald, JJ., concur.


Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters (22 NYCRR) § 1240.13 provides three available defenses to an attorney who faces discipline based upon a foreign finding of misconduct (see Matter of Long, 191 A.D.3d 1234, 1235 [2021], appeal dismissed 37 N.Y.3d 1033 [2021]). Specifically, an attorney may assert (1) that the disciplinary...

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