Matter of Burns

OPINION OF THE COURT

The respondent, Israel A. Burns, admitted as Israel Adam Burns, has submitted an affidavit sworn to on April 17, 2017, in support of his application to resign as an attorney and counselor-at-law (see 22 NYCRR 1240.10).

The respondent acknowledges in his affidavit that he is the subject of an investigation by the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts involving allegations that he neglected legal matters for several clients, and that he failed to fully account for monies entrusted to him in relation to some of those legal matters. The…