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In re Weintraub

183 A.D.2d 331 Court Second Department, Decision date 1992-11-16 English

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In the Matter of Myles Weintraub (Admitted as Myles Nathan Weintraub), a Suspended Attorney, Respondent. Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, Petitioner.
Second Department,
November 16, 1992
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Frank A. Finnerty, Jr., Westbury (Chris G. McDonough of counsel), for petitioner.
George Harmel, Central Islip, for respondent.
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OPINION OF THE COURT

On March 10, 1992, the respondent pleaded guilty in the County Court, Suffolk County, to the crime of grand larceny in the third degree, in violation of Penal Law § 155.35, a class D felony.

Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4), the respondent ceased to be an attorney and counselor-at-law upon his conviction of a felony.

Accordingly, the petitioner’s motion is granted. The respondent is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, effective immediately.

Mangano, P. J., Thompson, Bracken, Sullivan and O’Brien, JJ., concur.

Ordered that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, the respondent, Myles Weintraub, is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law; and it is further,

Ordered that the respondent shall continue to comply with this Court’s rules governing the conduct of disbarred, suspended and resigned attorneys (22 NYCRR 691.10); and it is further,

Ordered that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, the respondent Myles Weintraub is commanded to continue to desist and refrain (1) from practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk or employee of another, (2) from appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission, or other public authority, (3) from giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto, and (4) from holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law.

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