In re Just

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the practice of law in the State *59of New York by the Second Judicial Department on January 30, 1991, as Joshua Jethro Just. At all times relevant herein respondent maintained an office for the practice of law within the First Judicial Department.

On August 9, 2006, respondent pleaded guilty in Supreme Court, New York County, to scheme to defraud in the first degree, in violation of Penal Law § 190.65 (1) (a), a class E felony. Upon his plea allocution, respondent admitted that between 2003 and 2005 he and his law partner Michael Mann engaged in a…