In re Dixon

OPINION OF THE COURT

*94Respondent was admitted to the practice of law in New York by the First Department on July 8, 1985, as Samuel Edgar Dixon, Jr. He was admitted as a member of the Bar of the State of Connecticut in May 1985.

Petitioner Departmental Disciplinary Committee seeks an order pursuant to 22 NYCRR 603.3 suspending respondent for nine months based upon similar discipline imposed by the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut, or, in the alternative, sanctioning respondent as this Court deems appropriate.

On July 29, 1997, the Connecticut Superior Court suspended respondent, who had…